Blue Star Museums
The Museums of Western Colorado is one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. The program runs from Armed Forces Day, May 18, 2019 through Labor Day, September 2, 2019.
The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty U.S. military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps – and up to five family members.
Some special or limited-time museum exhibits or events may not be included in this free admission program. More information here.
Museums of Western Colorado Sponsors
Thanks to following leading companies and organizations for their support to the Museums of Western Colorado.
- Allied Insurance
- Alpine Bank
- Bank of the West
- Bray Real Estate
- Charter
- Chevron
- Colorado Humanities
- Community Hospital
- Delta Disaster Services of Western Colorado
- Enstrom Toffee & Confectionery
- Family Health West
- FCI Constructors, Inc.
- Grand Junction Lions Club
- Grand Junction Subaru
- Home Loan Insurance
- HopeWest
- Metro Brokers/Mesa West Real Estate
- Mountain West Insurance & Financial Services LLC
- Rocky Mountain Health Plans
- St. Mary’s Medical Center
- US Bank
- Whitewater Building Materials
- Wells Fargo Bank
Government Links
- City of Fruita
- City of Grand Junction
- Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce
- Grand Junction Visitors & Convention Bureau
- Town of Palisade
- Mesa County
- Mesa County Valley School District #51
- US Bureau of Land Management, Colorado
- US Bureau of Land Management, Utah
- US Department of Energy
- US Forest Service
Partnership Links
- Colorado Canyons Association
- Colorado Humanities
- Colorado Mesa University
- Colorado National Monument Association
- Colorado Tourism Office
- Colorado Welcome Center
- Dinosaur Diamond National Scenic Byway
- Downtown Grand Junction (DDA)
- Eureka! McConnell Science Museum
- Grand Junction Council for the Arts and Culture
- Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
- Grand Junction Economic Development
- Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra
- High Desert Opera
- History Colorado
- Horizon Drive District
- Mesa County Libraries
- Strive
- Western Colorado Botanical Gardens
- Western Colorado Center for the Arts
Local businesses of interest to visitors from out of town:
- Comfort Inn (in Fruita, close to Dinosaur Journey Museum)