THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



The various Classes of Resident Membership are as follows : 



Annual Member (annually) $10 



Sustaining Member (annually) 25 



Life Member 100 



Fellow 500 



Patron 1,000 



Associate Benefactor 10,000 



Associate Founder 25,000 



Benefactor 50,000 



They have the following privileges: 



An Annual Pass admitting to the Members' Room 



Complimentary tickets admitting to the Members' Room for distribution to 



their friends 

 Services of the Instructor for guidance through the Museum 

 Two course tickets to Spring Lectures 

 Two course tickets to Autumn Lectures 

 Current numbers of all Guide Leaflets on request 

 Complimentary copies of the American Museum Jourxal 



Associate Membership 



In order that those not living in New York City may associate with the Mu- 

 seum and its work, the class of Associate Members w^as established in 1916. These 

 Members have the following privileges: 



Current issues of the American Museum Journal — a popular illustrated 

 magazine of science, travel, exploration, and discovery, published monthly 

 from October to May (eight numbers annually), the volume beginning in 

 January 



A complimentary copy of the President's Annual Report, giving a complete 

 list of all Members 



An Annual Pass admitting to the Members" Room. This large tower room 

 on the third floor of the building, open every day in the year, is given over 

 exclusively to Members, and is equipped with every comfort for rest, read- 

 ing, and correspondence 



Two complimentary tickets admitting to the Members' Room for distribution 

 by Members to their friends 



The services of an Instructor for guidance when visiting the Museum 



All classes of Members receive the American Museum Journal, which is a 

 magazine issued primarily to keep members in touch with the activities of the 

 Museum as depicted by pen and camera; also to furnish Members with reliable 

 information of the most recent developments in the field of natural science. It 

 takes the reader into every part of the world with great explorers; it contains 

 authoritative and popular articles by men who are actually doing the work of ex- 

 ploration and research, and articles of current interest by men who are distin- 

 guished among scientists of the day. It takes the reader behind the scenes in the 

 Museum to see sculptors and preparators modeling some Jungle beast or creating 

 a panorama of animal life. It shows how the results of these discoveries and 

 labors are presented to the million public school children through the Museum 

 Extension System. In brief it is a medium for the dissemination of the idea to 



