Santa Fe Botanical Garden Announces Access Program for Low-Income Families

[Santa Fe]”Today Santa Fe Botanical Garden announced that it has joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Association of Children™s Museums (ACM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to encourage families of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. The program will enable low-income families to visit Santa Fe Botanical Garden at no cost per person with the presentation of an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Families can also visit any participating museum year-round for a minimal fee. Museums for All is part of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden™s broad commitment to seek, include, and welcome all.

The Museums for All initiative represents a long stride toward the goal of reaching more children and parents, especially those living in poverty, with the valuable learning resources of museums. Children™s museums, with their unique focus on bringing children, families, and communities together, are committed to providing access to all. Each year, children™s museums host more than 31 million visitors. The Museums for All initiative will allow children™s museums to further expand their reach and impact.

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About the Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill
SFBG at Museum Hill integrates the natural and the man-made, and is a location of natural beauty and environmental interest transformed by excellent garden design, horticultural practice, art and architecture. For more information about Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill site, please visit www.santafebotanicalgarden.org or call 505.471.9103.
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