The Johnson Museum is widely recognized regionally as “Ithaca’s Art Museum.” Membership is a vital means of support for the Museum, which serves a broad public audience. Last year fifty schools from Ithaca and across the region brought more than eight thousand children to the Museum. Teachers’ lesson plans are developed in collaboration with Museum educators and designed to meet national and New York State Learning Standards in the Visual Arts, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, and Science. Among the most popular Museum programs are the OMNI Program (Objects and Their Makers: New Insights) and Kids Discover the Trail! (KDT!).

Please show your support by becoming a Member today!

Your Basic Membership to the Johnson Museum

• Supports ongoing free admission to the Museum and outreach to the community
• Includes invitations to special events
• Provides discounts on Museum classes and workshops
• Discounts on cards, catalogues, and Museum items
• Annual Report and Members’ Newsletter

Membership Levels

Student ($20)

Senior ($20)

One individual age 65 or over.

Individual/Faculty ($40)

Dual/Family ($50)

For adults and children at the same address.

Supporting ($100)

Supporting Members are listed in the Museum’s Annual Report and receive reciprocal admission and selected privileges at over 100 museums throughout North America.

*Sustaining ($250)

All Supporting benefits, plus a Dual/Family Membership for a nonmember friend or relative (upon request).

*Charter ($500)

All Sustaining benefits, plus invitations to a behind-the-scenes tour of the collection with the director or curators, and one free docent-led group tour for up to ten guests (by prior arrangement).

*Quadrangle ($1000)

All Charter benefits, plus one free copy of a special exhibition catalogue (of your choice) and invitations to tour New York and regional galleries and art fairs hosted by the director or curators.

*Tower ($5000)

All Quadrangle benefits, plus complimentary copies of all Museum publications, an invitation for two to a special dinner following an exhibition opening or invitation to a dinner at the Museum with a visiting artist or collector, hosted by the director, and listing on the annual giving donor plaque located in the wing.

*Director’s Circle ($10,000 and above)

All Tower benefits, plus an opportunity to accompany the director or a curator on special visits to dealers, collectors, and museums, in New York and elsewhere.

* Qualify for Cornell’s giving societies program.

Gifts to the Museum are tax-deductible under Cornell University and eligible to the full extent of the Internal Revenue Code.