{"id":4987,"date":"2019-01-19T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2019-01-19T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T19:40:51","slug":"furlough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2019\/01\/furlough\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Art Museum Offers Free Admission to Furloughed Federal Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>-Two adults plus any children 17 and under get free Museum admission with proof of Federal employment.-<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Art Museum announced today that it will offer free admission to the Museum for furloughed federal employees during the partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know this is a stressful time for everyone impacted by the shutdown,\u201d said <strong>Amanda C. Peterson, Senior Director, Audience Engagement<\/strong>. \u201cThe Museum is a great place for escape, inspiration, personal contemplation and time with friends and family and we hope having access to that provides even a little bit of help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission offer is good for up to two people, along with children 17 and under.<\/p>\n<p>Kids 12 and under always get in free, thanks to Kohl\u2019s Cares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To receive free admission, visitors must show a current federal ID or badge.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>General Admission Pricing<br \/>\n<\/strong>$19 Adults<br \/>\n$17 Students (w\/ID), Seniors (65+)<br \/>\nFree for Kids 12 &#038; under every day thanks to Kohl\u2019s Cares<br \/>\nFree to Members<br \/>\nFree to Wisconsin K\u201312 teachers with valid school ID or pay stub<br \/>\nFree the first Thursday of every month, sponsored by Meijer<\/p>\n<p>Participants in WIC (Wisconsin Infants and Children), FoodShare, BadgerCare, or Medicaid can receive an annual family membership for $20, good for all features of Membership, including free admission for two adults and children 17 and under.<\/p>\n<p>Adult tour groups or school groups should call 414-224-3842.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-Two adults plus any children 17 and under get free Museum admission with proof of Federal employment.- The Milwaukee Art Museum announced today that it will offer free admission to the Museum for furloughed federal employees during the partial government shutdown. \u201cWe know this is a stressful time for everyone impacted by the shutdown,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2019\/01\/furlough\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Milwaukee Art Museum Offers Free Admission to Furloughed Federal Employees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4991,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions\/4991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}