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 purposes 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: 
mamualiiember . .. .. . . . . =. (annually) $10 
Bustanineg Member .... . . . . . (annually) 25 
MINCHINCE Me COPE ee ms Sk ey 100 
TRUHILONRS ge 2225 we eh eae ee 500 
PaO new se Ween Ue Ug ee 1000 
DEenriateyGenerseuor.. «|. =. » 2 =2—. ss ~ « “2 10,000 
RErpeinnerbGUNG@CI-s, 0° 2.4.) st: 29. 2 oe we oe 25,000 
Benefactor cee etre 8 se AL mee be yn gs. 1801000 
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 MusEeuM JOURNAL. 
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 was 
established in 1916. These Members have the following privileges: 
Current issues of the AMBRICAN MusruM JoURNAL—see page 136. 
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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