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Membership Information:

The Griffin Museum of Photography is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the understanding of and appreciation for historic and contemporary photography. Our mission is to continue to offer exciting and stimulating photographic exhibitions of the highest standard. To accomplish this goal we appreciate and rely upon the generosity of our members. Your donations and membership dues enable us to procure new exhibits, fund educational programs and meet our yearly operating costs.

Your membership donation is tax deductible. Click here to join online , click here for a membership application form or call 781-729-1158. The form is in pdf format. You will need Acrobat Reader to read and print pdf documents. If you don't have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download it for free here.

Members of the Griffin Museum of Photography also have benefits at a selection of institutions across the United States. With a valid membership card, each of the organizations below will give you either free admission or discounts on merchandise and services.

Amon Carter Museum
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695
www.cartermuseum.org
Benefit: discounts

Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon, 97209
www.blueskygallery.org
Benefit: Discount on quarterly catalog

UCR/California Museum of Photography
3824 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92501
www.cmp.ucr.edu
Benefit: discount on purchases

Center
PO Box 2483
Santa Fe, NM 87504
www.visitcenter.org
Benefit: 25% discount on seminars and $20 off of portfolio review events

Center for Creative Photography
University of Arizona
1030 North Olive Road
Tuscon, AZ 85721
www.creativephotography.org
Benefit: discount on purchases

Center for Photography at Woodstock
59 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
www.cpw.org
Benefit: discounts

En Foco
1738 Hone Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
www.enfoco.org
Benefit: 15% discount on full price subscriptions to Nueva Luz photographic journal and selected workshops

Foto8
Host Gallery
1-5 Honduras Street
London, England EC1Y 0TH
www.hostgallery.co.uk
www.foto8.com
Benefit: discounts at bookshop, 10% off subscription to "8 Magazine"

George Eastman House
International Museum of Photography and Film
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
www.eastmanhouse.org
Benefit: free admission

Houston Center for Photography
1441 W. Alabama
Houston, TX 77006
www.hcponline.org
Benefit: discount on purchases & discounted subscription to SPOT

International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
www.icp.org
Benefit: free admission

The Light Factory
Spirit Square Suite 211
345 N College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
www.lightfactory.org
Benefit: 10% discount on events

Light Work
316 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244
www.lightwork.org
Benefit: 10% Discount on full price of 1 year Contact Sheet subscription

Minnesota Center for Photography
165 13th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
www.mncp.org
Benefit: Member discounts on selected workshops and lectures

The Museum of Contemporary Photography
Columbia College
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
www.mocp.org
Benefit: discount on purchases

Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
www.mopa.org
Benefit: free admission

Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
832 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
www.prcboston.org
Benefit: free admission

Photographic Center Northwest
900 Twelfth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
www.pcnw.org
Benefit: discounts

San Francisco Camerawork
675 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.sfcamerawork.org
Benefit: discount on purchases

Silver Eye Center for Photography
1015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
www.silvereye.org
Benefit: free admission to receptions

Southeast Museum of Photography
1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach College
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
www.smponline.org
Benefit: Discounts on all purchases at the Museum Store

In addition, we have a special international partnership for reciprocal admission with:

musee de l’Elysee
18 avenue de l’Ellysee
CH-1014 Lausanne, Switzerland

Membership Categories

Student $25
Benefits of Individual membership. Full-time students only. Please submit a copy of valid school ID with application.

Educator $25
Benefits of Individual Membership. Please submit teaching license or faculty ID with application. School tours welcome.

Individual $40
Free admission to all exhibits, special invitation to opening night exhibit receptions, 10% discount in the museum gift shop, free or reduced admission to lectures and programs, free subscription to museum newsletter, invitations to Members Day and Annual Gala.

Family/Dual $75
Individual benefits for two people.

Friend $150
Benefits of Family/Dual membership, hardbound copy of New England in Focus: The Arthur Griffin Story or other selected photography book from gift shop.

Contributor $250
Benefits of Friend membership, free admission for 2 guests accompanying the Contributor, 10% discount on rental of the Griffin Museum for a private function, listing in the annual report.

Academic Membership $300
Free admission passes for each student of the academic department who has applied for membership, 10% discount in the museum gift shop, free guided tours of the exhibitions for classes, free entry to Juried Show portfolio review, discount admission to workshops and free lectures.

Griffin Society Member $500 +
One selected book from our gift shop. Free admission for two guests. Ten percent discount on rental of the Griffin for a private function. One 11x14 photograph by Arthur Griffin.

Griffin Society Patron $1,000 +
One selected book from our gift shop. One free admission for four guests. Twenty percent discount on rental of the Griffin for a private function. One 11x14 and one 16x20 photograph by Arthur Griffin.

Call the museum to learn more about our Corporate Giving Program. Opportunities for support include newsletter, exhibition and special event sponsorships.

Volunteer Information:

Volunteers are an important part of life at the Griffin Museum and without them we wouldn't be able to offer all of the programs and activities that we do.

There are many volunteer opportunities, including:

Admissions Desk
Program & Event Support
Education/Programming
Archiving
Docent
Public Relations
General Administration
Membership/Development
Exhibition Installation
Building and grounds

If you are interested in volunteering or interning at the Griffin Museum, please contact Meredith Mulcahy at 781-729-1158.