WILMINGTON—Cameron Art Museum (CAM) is saying “thank you” to first responders and essential workers by offering them free museum admission starting tomorrow, Nov. 24, and lasting through the end of the year, Dec. 31.
The program is extended to police officers, fire fighters, EMS staff, health care providers, doctors, nurses, nursing aides, social workers, pharmacists, teachers, custodial staff, transit workers, grocery store workers, and restaurant workers and their immediate families. Visitors should tell the front desk staff they are essential workers and/or first responders upon entering CAM.
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The museum opened their latest exhibit, “Illumination,” on Friday, and also has on display other exhibits: “She Persists,” “The Face of Lincoln,” “Dorothy Gillespie Centennial Celebration,” “The Lived-In Body: Celebrating Women Over 65, Paintings by Virginia Wright Frierson,” “The Eye Learns — Modernist prints from the Louis Belden Collection” and “Black Art Matters.”
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While touring the museum, all visitors must adhere to safety guidelines under Covid-19, which includes wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from other guests and hand sanitizing as necessary.
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