Members Make a Difference!

Join or renew your membership today!

Members see the Rosenbach Museum & Library as an extraordinary cultural resource that deserves their full support.

Member support makes it possible for the Rosenbach to create imaginative programs that connect people to culture using its collection of more than 400,000 objects. Programs include exhibitions, tours, research services, collaborations with artists, school programs, our Bloomsday festival, and more.

If you value the Rosenbach as an asset to you and your community, we invite you to connect with us as a member. Your membership gift demonstrates your support for our work and provides much-needed funding that ensures our continued ability to share our collections and programs. Joining the Rosenbach makes you a fundamental part of our success.

Members receive benefits that include free admission, discounts, invitations to events, opportunities to meet with other members, and more. Help inspire curiosity, inquiry, and creativity by becoming a member today!

Scroll down to review the benefits awarded to our members and sign up to become a member today!

Step 1: Select the membership level that’s best for you!

Friend ($55)

-Unlimited admission for one adult (or unlimited admission for entire household with $25 Family Upgrade, see below for details!)
-Advance registration for popular programs and Reading Groups
-Invitations to special events, previews, and openings
-10% discount in museum shop
-Discounts at restaurants and businesses. Click here for details.
-Tax-deductible portion: $55 (Membership may be made fully tax-deductable. Simply opt-out of taxable benefits by leaving a comment stating this intention during checkout.)

Contributor ($125)

All of the above, with:

-Reciprocal benefits at 600+museums. Click here for details.
-Discounts on Reading Group tuition and select program admission
-2 Complimentary Hands-On Tour passes
-1 guest invitation to member-only events
-Tax-deductible portion: $85 (Membership may be made fully tax-deductable. Simply opt-out of taxable benefits by leaving a comment stating this intention during checkout.)

Patron ($300)

All of the above, with

-Complimentary Family Upgrade (Two member cards and unlimited admission for all children under 18 in the same household. Please include second member name in comment section at checkout.)
-4 Complimentary Hands-On Tour passes
-4 Complimentary guest passes
-4 guest invitation to member-only events
-Tax-deductible portion: $180 (Membership may be made fully tax-deductable. Simply opt-out of taxable benefits by leaving a comment stating this intention during checkout.)

Benefactor ($500)

All of the above, with

-Opportunity to arrange one personalized tour for up to 6 guests
-Invitations to exclusive events with the Director and Board of Trustees
-6 Complimentary Hands-On Tour passes
-6 Complimentary guest passes
-Unlimited* guest invitations to member-only events (*at the discretion of the museum)
-Tax-deductible portion: $410 (Membership may be made fully tax-deductable. Simply opt-out of taxable benefits by leaving a comment stating this intention during checkout.)

Delancey Society ($1,000+)

Please click here for information on joining the Delancey Society.

Family Upgrade ($25)

Receive two member cards and unlimited admission for all children under 18 in the same household. Friend and Contributor-levels only. Please include second member name in comment section at checkout.

Step 2: Become a member (or renew your membership!) and start enjoying what the Rosenbach has to offer!

Here are four quick ways to make a gift:

  1. Call Dana Byrd at (215)732-1600, ext. 123.
  2. Select your membership level below and proceed to our secure online checkout.CURRENTLY UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE PLEASE REFER TO FIRST OPTION AT THIS TIME.
  3. Visit the Rosenbach and make a gift at the Information Desk.
  4. Click here to download a membership form. Send it, and payment, to the Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103

To purchase a gift membership online, simply select the membership level below and remember to add the recipient’s name and address to the comment section at checkout.

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Hands-On Tours

James Joyce, detail of Ulysses manuscript. EL J89ul 922 MS.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English... More
George Cruikshank, Spirits of Wine.  Wood engraving, 1827.  1954.1880.2083.
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Yes, besotted can mean ‘drunk,’ but it’s also a feeling of infatuation and fascination. On this... More
Francesco Bartolozzi, after William Hamilton, Mr. Kemble as King Richard the Thi
Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
When is Shakespeare not Shakespeare? And what is a folio, anyway? After seeing some of... More
John Tenniel, The Jaberwock, with eyes of flame. Pencil and gauche, ca. 1870. 19
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Mathematician and cleric Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published children’s books under the pen name... More