Discover Cultural Treasures On Both Coasts

(NAPSI)-This May, it's easier than ever to enjoy our country's cherished masterpieces during "National Museum Month" thanks to Bank of America's Museums on Us™ program.

For the first time in the program's 10-year history, Museums on Us will be available on the West Coast in addition to nine participating states in the Northeast. Now, 86 museums from coast to coast, such as the world-famous Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will open their doors free of charge for Bank of America and MBNA cardholders. Participating institutions will provide free admission for two to all holders of Bank of America ATM, check or credit cards or MBNA credit cards.

Sixty-one cultural institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are participating in Museums on Us. In California, 25 institutions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County and Inland Empire are participating.

"Bank of America is proud to celebrate the tenth year of Museums on Us, which provides access to premier cultural facilities to millions of people," said Anne M. Finucane, Chief Marketing Officer, Bank of America. "By supporting our country's cultural institutions, we are creating benefits for our customers and investing in our communities at the same time. These great institutions are economic generators for the communities they serve, as well as centers of education and enlightenment."

Visit www.bankofamerica.com/museums for more information and for a full list of participating museums.

Offer expires 5/31/07. Photo ID and payment card must be presented. Excludes special exhibitions and ticketed shows. Limit two free admissions per cardholder per museum, zoo, aquarium or planetarium. Not to be combined with other offers.

Pablo Picasso, Femme Assise (Seated Woman), 1927; oil on canvas; 51 x 38 in. (130.8 x 97.8 cm); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Purchase, with assistance from the Women's Committee and anonymous contributions, 1964; © 2007 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo, Carlo Catenazzi, Art Gallery of Ontario.

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