Museums on Us, From Bank of America

The first weekend of every month, Bank of America's monthly "Museums on Us" program offers free admission to a number of Boston's most prestigious museums on the first full weekend of every month.

The nationwide program is available to all Bank of America, Merrill, and Bank of America Private Bank cardholders, and opens up more than 225 of the nation's most prominent cultural institutions in 35 states. In Massachusetts, the participating museums are:

• The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
• Fitchburg Art Museum
• EcoTarium, Worcester
• The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
• The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in Lenox
• Orchard House, Louisa May Alcott's home in Concord
• Springfield Museums
• The New Bedford Whaling Museum
• ( The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum (Saturdays only) 

Bank of America offers this benefit to promote greater cultural understanding, expand accessibility to the arts, and strengthen communities. Upon arriving at a participating institution, customers need only present their Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission for themselves.