Bank of America today announces the 2012 Museums on Us® roster
featuring many of the most renowned arts, culture and educational
institutions across the United States, from Miami, Fla., to Anchorage,
Alaska. Museums on Us offers Bank of America and Merrill Lynch debit
and credit cardholders free admission to more than 150 of the nation's
most exciting cultural venues across 91 cities on the first full
weekend of every month.
"We invest in the arts because we believe fostering cultural
understanding and respect enables local economies and communities to
thrive," said Rena DeSisto,Bank of America global arts and culture
executive. "Our Museums on Us program is a distinctive advantage of
doing business with us, and we are proud to share the benefit of this
program with our customers across the United States."
Bank of America partners with an array of institutions including
museums, science centers, botanical gardens and aquariums. New
institutional partners include Brooklyn Children's Museum in N.Y.,
Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Ill., Minnesota History Center in Saint
Paul, Minn., and Laguna Art Museum in Orange County, Calif. (full list
below). Notable institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York, N.Y., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Calif.,
The Art Institute of Chicago in Ill., and the Houston Zoo in Texas
continue to participate in the program.
2012 Museum Roster Members in Charlotte include:
Mint Museum Uptown
Mint Museum Randolph
Levine Museum of the New South
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
Harvey B. Gantt Museum of African-American Arts+Culture
Museum visitors must present a photo ID and a valid Bank of America/
Merrill Lynch credit or debit card to be eligible. One free general
admission is limited to the cardholder at the participating
institution, excluding fundraising events, special exhibitions and
ticketed shows (not to be combined with other offers). For more
information about Museums on Us and to view a full list of
institutions, visit http://museums.bankofamerica.com.
Bank of America and the Arts
As one of the world's largest financial institutions and a major
supporter of arts and culture, Bank of America has a vested interest
and plays a meaningful role in the international dialogue on cultural
understanding. As a global company, Bank of America demonstrates its
commitment to the arts by supporting such efforts as after-school arts
programs, programs to conserve artistic heritage as well as a campaign
to encourage museum attendance. Bank of America offers customers free
access to more than 150 of the nation's finest cultural institutions
through its acclaimed Museums on Us® program, while Art in our
Communities® shares exhibits from the company's corporate collection
with communities across the globe through local museum partners. The
Bank of America Charitable Foundationalso provides philanthropic
support to museums, theaters and other arts-related nonprofits to
expand their services and offerings to schools and communities. Bank
of America partners with more than five thousand arts institutions
worldwide.
