Join: Benefits

Join or renew today to attend preview receptions; gallery talks and tours; family programs; and hands-on art workshops for adults and children. Present your valid Membership card to any Museum associate and take 10% of all your Shop and Café purchases and $15 off Gallery/Studio Program art class tuition. Members also enjoy priority Gallery/Studio registration.

For the 2009 Fiscal Year (July 2008 through June 2009), Brooklyn Museum Members will receive even more for their Membership. The Museum has added a new line up of Members-only events throughout the year, in order to ensure that Members at every level receive the most value for their Membership dues. Now, more than ever, you can come for the art, but join for the benefits!

View a printable version of the Member Events Chart for 2008–2009.

Membership Categories
Membership benefits are valid for one year.

Individual
$55 (fully tax-deductible)

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• Free general admission for one to the Museum
• 10% discount at the Museum Shops and Café
• Invitations to Members-Only preview receptions
• Reduced subscription rates on many art magazines
• Free parking during Members-Only events
• Free subscription to What's Happening calendar
• Discounts and early registration privileges for the Museum's Gallery/Studio adult art classes.

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Family and Friends
$85 (fully tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Individual Membership, plus:
• Free general admission for a second adult and for four children under 18
• Two separate Membership cards
• Eligibility to join one or more of the Museum's Art Councils
• Four complimentary parking passes
• Discounts and early registration privileges for the Museum's Gallery/Studio classes for children and adults.

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Contributor
$150 ($135 is tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Family and Friends Membership, plus:
• Reciprocal Membership and discounts to more than twenty other art museums nationwide, including the Guggenheim Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. See a complete list of participating museums.
• Four complimentary one-time guest passes good for free general admission.
• Brooklyn Museum art calendar
• Exclusive invitation to attend Inside/Out family event.

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Patron
$350 ($300 is tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Contributor Membership, plus:
• Special complimentary Brooklyn Museum publication or gift
• Invitations to Curator's Choice tours
• Two additional complimentary parking passes (6 total)
• Annual Recognition in Brooklyn Museum Development publications
• 15% off Brooklyn Museum publications purchased in the Museum Shop

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Donor
$600 ($515 is tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Patron Membership, plus:
• Complimentary Brooklyn Museum catalogue or publication
• Invitation to Behind-the-Scenes tours
• Two additional complimentary parking passes (8 total)

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Fellow
$1000 ($875 is tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Donor Membership, plus:
• Invitation for two to the annual Director's Reception
• Four additional complimentary parking passes (12 total)
• Complimentary general admission for guests accompanied by a Brooklyn Museum Fellow

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Director's Circle
$2,500 ($2,360 is tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Fellow Membership, plus:
• Free parking during regular Museum hours (not valid on Target First Saturdays)
• A special gift from the Board of Trustees

A matching gift from your employer may enable you to upgrade to the next Membership level. Visit your company's personnel office to learn more about its matching gift program.


Benefactor's Circle
$5,000 ($4,720 is tax-deductible)

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• All the benefits of Director's Circle Membership, plus:
• Complimentary tours of Brooklyn galleries or artist's studios

Older Adults (62 and over) save $10 on Individual- through Contributor-level Membership dues. Artists, educators, and full-time students save $10 on Individual-level Membership dues. For more information about these discounts, please call (718) 501-6326.