Museum Day - Saturday, September 27

Honolulu, HI…. A number of Hawaii museums and galleries have announced they will participate in Smithsonian Magazine's nationwide Museum Day promotion on Saturday, September 27, 2008. Free admission cards admitting the bearer and one guest free of charge will be available in the September 2008 issue of Smithsonian Magazine or downloaded easily at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.

Particpating Hawaii Museums
Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Hawaii Maritime Center, Honolulu
Manoa Heritage Center, Honolulu
Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu
Pacific Aviation Museum, Honolulu
Queen Emma Summer Palace, Honolulu
Tropic Lightning Museum, Schofield Barracks
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu


Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day celebrates the country's cultural offerings, allows the dissemination of knowledge, and brings Americans together. Last year nearly 450 museums and cultural institutions nationwide participated in the effort, which emulates the Smithsonian's Washington, D.C. year-round free admission policy. The complete list of participating museums across the nation will be available later this summer at http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/.

The Museum Day Admission Card is good for one-day use only on September 27, 2008 at participating museums. The admission card will be collected upon entry and is redeemable for general admission for the presenter and one guest. Only one admission card per household is allowed. The Museum Day admission card may not be used with any other offer and no rain checks will be offered.

This year's event happily coincides with the Textile Society of America's 11th Biennial Symposium hosted in Honolulu September 24-27, 2008. This international arts event includes a city-wide schedule of exhibitions presenting exquisite textile collections in more than 16 different venues throughout Honolulu. Major museums and other galleries around Honolulu are presenting spectacular textile exhibitions from their respected collections. These exhibitions will be on view during Smithsonian Magazine's MUSEUM DAY event September 27, 2008, creating a unique opportunity for residents and visitors to see the textile exhibition of their choice at no charge. (For more information about the full schedule of TSA-related textile exhibitions go to http://www.textilesociety.org/.)

"We are delighted the Smithsonian's Museum Day effort to promote awareness about the integrity, importance, and relevance of our nation's cultural institutions coincides with our 11th Biennial Symposium in Honolulu," says Carol Bier, President of Textile Society of America. "Visitors will have the opportunity to see spectacular textile collections and exhibitions during this event, and with a Museum Day pass, I'm delighted that admission is free to many of the museums."For more information about Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day, call US +1 8088473511 Call or visit https://67.53.56.226/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.bishopmuseum.org. Or go to Smithsonian Magazine's web site at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.