MEMBERSHIP 



For the purchase or collection of specimens and their preparation, 

 for research, publication, and additions to the library, the Museum is 

 dependent on its endowment fund and its friends. The latter contribute 

 either by direct subscriptions or through the fund derived from the dues 

 of Members, and this Membership Fund is of particular importance from 

 the fact that it may be devoted to such purpose as the Trustees may 

 deem most important. There are now more than four thousand Mem- 

 bers of the Museum who are contributing to this work. If you believe 

 that the Museum is doing a useful service to science and to education, the 

 Trustees invite you to lend your support by becoming a Member. 



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 to the Members' Room for their friends. 



Services of the Instructor for guidance through the Museum. 



Two course tickets to Spring and Autumn Lectures. 



Current numbers of all Guide Leaflets on request. 



Complimentary copies of the American Museum Journal, Natural 

 History. 



The President's Annual Report, giving a full list of Members. 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP 



In order that those not living in New York City may be associated 

 with the Museum and its work, the class of Associate Members, whose 

 annual dues are S3, was established in 1916. These Members have the 

 following privileges : 



Current issues of Natural History. 



The President's Annual Report, giving a full list of Members. 



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

 on the third floor is given over exclusively to Members, and is equipped 

 with every comfort for rest, reading 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. 



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