Alongside the powerful reshaping of the Princeton University Art Museum—with a new building to open in 2025—we are continuing the growth of our strong community of Museum members whose support helps to keep the Museum open, active, and free to everyone, always.
As a member, you will receive updates on construction progress, news about special exhibitions at Art on Hulfish and Art@Bainbridge, exclusive invitations to opening events, and more. Your investment has a lasting impact on the Museum’s ability to be innovative and nimble, to present accessible scholarship, and to create opportunities for new insights into our collections for art-lovers around the globe.
New and upgraded members who join before May 31, 2024 will receive a pin featuring Alexander Calder’s monumental sculpture designed for the Princeton campus, Five Disks: One Empty (1969–70).
For answers to your questions about Membership, please e-mail us at friends@princeton.edu or call (609) 258–4057.
The full range of Membership benefits are listed below.
Individual $75 (fully tax-deductible)
- Advance notice of breaking news, upcoming lectures, programs, and events
- Invitations to exhibition openings and members-only events
- Invitation to the Friends Annual Mary Pitcairn Keating Lecture
- Subscription to the Museum's quarterly magazine
- 15% discount at the Museum Store
Dual/Family $125 (fully tax-deductible)
All above benefits plus:
- Named recognition in the Museum’s Annual Report
- Exclusive access to the Museum Travel Program
- Reciprocal membership at over 1,000 museums nationwide through the North American Reciprocal Museum Association
- 20% discount on gift memberships
Contributor $250 (tax deductible less $20)
All above benefits plus:
- Special Friends-only 25% discount holiday shopping days at the Museum Store
- A subscription to the Record, the Museum's annual scholarly journal
Curator’s Circle $500 (tax-deductible less $50)
All above benefits plus:
- An exclusive curator-led tour at the Museum or other destination
- "Curator's Choice" announcements of hand-picked national museum and gallery highlights
- Reciprocal membership at some of the nation’s leading museums through the Reciprocal Organization of Associated Museums
- One complimentary copy of a Museum book/catalogue
Director’s Circle $1,000 (tax deductible less $100)
All above benefits plus:
- Invitation for two to the Director’s Annual Holiday Gathering
- Invitation to an exclusive Director-led tour of regional private collections and galleries
- Priority notice of Museum Travel Program offerings
- One free docent-led tour for up to ten guests (per membership, and upon request)
- Recognition on the Museum’s annual donor board*
Partners $2,500 (tax deductible less $125)
All above benefits plus:
- Invitation for two to a dinner following an exhibition opening celebration
- Opportunities to spend a day with a curator or the director visiting art fairs, galleries, artists’ studios, or special exhibitions
- Complimentary copies of all Museum books and catalogues
- Featured recognition on the Museum’s annual donor board*
To join the Museum at a higher Partners level or to learn more about the Partners program, please e-mail Ashley Vickers at avickers@princeton.edu or call (609) 258–4057.
*We look forward to offering these benefits to our members once again in our new building, scheduled to open in 2025.
Banner image: Alexander Calder, 1898–1976; born Lawnton, PA; died New York, NY. Five Disks: One Empty, 1969–70. Painted mild steel. The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University. © 2024 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Calder® is a registered trademark of Calder Foundation, New York.