Griffin Museum of Science and Industry and Bank of America Expand Longstanding Partnership

Chicago — Griffin Museum of Science and Industry and Bank of America today announced an expanded partnership building on many years of shared commitment to education, civic access and community engagement across Chicago.

Bank of America has long supported the Griffin MSI with grants and sponsorship support. The expanded partnership includes Bank of America's sponsorship of three consecutive Griffin MSI exhibitions: 007 Science, Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing — The Exhibition, and the upcoming Anne Frank The Exhibition, which makes its Midwest debut at Griffin MSI on May 1, 2026. 

Griffin MSI is also a proud partner of Bank of America’s Museums on Us program, which provides BofA cardholders free general admission to the Museum on the Sunday of the first full weekend of every month throughout 2026. In addition to general admission entry, BofA cardholders receive free access to the ticketed Anne Frank The Exhibition. 

"Bank of America understands what it means to invest in a community for the long haul" said Dr. Chevy Humphrey, President and CEO of Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. "BofA’s support now as a National Tour Sponsor for Anne Frank The Exhibition reflects its commitment to making culture and education accessible, and we are grateful for a partnership that continues to grow in ways that matter to the people we serve together. "

“At Bank of America, we believe in the power of arts and culture to bring together communities, and we are deeply committed to investing in programs that help make the arts more accessible around the world—and here in Chicago,” said Rita Sola Cook, President of Bank of America Chicago and Trustee, Griffin MSI. “Through our expanded partnership with Griffin MSI and our ongoing Museums on Us program, we are helping to deliver exhibitions, education, and cultural experiences that strengthen our community and ensure access to Chicago’s cultural institutions, today and for generations to come.” 

Tickets and more information about Griffin MSI exhibitions and programs are available at www.griffinmsi.org. For more information about Bank of America’s Arts & Culture commitment, please visit www.bankofamerica.com.

Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (Griffin MSI) offers world-class and uniquely interactive experiences that support the Museum's mission: to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. As one of the largest science museums in the world featuring award-winning exhibits and hands-on activities, a visit to Griffin MSI is guaranteed to connect fun and learning. Griffin MSI is committed to offering comprehensive educational programs ­for students, administrators, teachers and families that make a difference in local communities and contribute to Griffin MSI's goal to transform and illuminate STE(A)M (science, technology, engineering, art and math) pathways for people of all ages. The Museum is grateful for the support of generous donors and guests who make its work possible. Griffin MSI is also supported in part by the people of Chicago through the Chicago Park District. For more information, visit griffinmsi.org or call (773) 684-1414.

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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, more commonly known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is one of the most translated books in the world. Transformed multiple times for stage and screen, the published book’s source is the personal diary that Anne Frank kept in multiple notebooks during the two-year period of hiding with her family in rooms located in the back house of her father’s company in Amsterdam. Soon after Anne and the others were arrested in 1944, Miep Gies, one of the people who risked their lives to help them in hiding, returned to the Annex and found their belongings ransacked. Miep was relieved to find Anne’s diary pages, knowing how important her writings were to her, and saved them for her return. Otto was the only person from the Annex to survive the Holocaust. When Miep first gave him his daughter’s diary, he could not bring himself to read it. Soon, he did and he could not stop, sharing it with relatives and friends who encouraged him to publish what they considered “an important human document.” Upon its publication, Otto Frank wrote: "How proud Anne would have been if she had lived to see this. After all, on 29 March 1944, she wrote: ‘Imagine how interesting it would be if I published a novel about the Secret Annex.'"