Starting Feb. 4, admission to the Anchorage Museum will be free on the first Saturday of each month for individuals with Bank of America and Merrill Lynch bank cards. The museum confirmed that eligible cards will include Alaska Airlines Visa credit cards, which are issued by Bank of America. The Anchorage Museum is the first Alaska museum to take part in the program. It joins a national list of about 150 participating organizations, including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif., the Motown Museum in Detroit, the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, the Seattle and Tacoma art museums and the Houston Zoo.
A full list can be found online at http://museums.bankofamerica.com/.
To qualify for free admission on the first Saturday of every month, visitors must present their Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card along with a photo ID.