The British Museum
Bloomsbury, London
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A collection of eight million works dedicated to human history, art, and culture, mostly collected during the era of the British Empire.
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Individual
As an Individual Member, you'll enjoy 12 months of benefits while donating to support our mission to be a museum of the world, for the world. Membership provides:
◾ Free, unlimited entry to all special exhibitions
◾ Exclusive Members' lectures, special events and out-of-hours experiences
◾ Access to the Members' Room
◾ Regular mailings including the British Museum Magazine three times a year
◾ A 10% discount in the Museum's shops, cafés and restaurants
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Young Friend (8-15)
The perfect gift for 8–15 year olds with curious minds and a sense of adventure!
Give them a year to discover two million years of human history with a Young Friend Membership. From fun-packed online sleepovers to e-newsletters and the Young Friends' magazine, learn the stories of the remarkable people who came before us.
◾ Free online sleepovers for the whole family to enjoy, as well as discounted entry to sleepovers at the Museum
◾ Remus magazine three times a year and fun-packed regular e-newsletters
◾ Discounts – enjoy 10% off in Museum shops and cafés (not including alcohol and the Great Court Restaurant)
◾ Membership bag and goodies on joining
◾ Birthday card
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As a Patron your support enables meaningful impact at the very highest level.
Enjoy intimate access and rare opportunities to get close to the projects that you've helped to support and a network of passionate like-minded individuals.
Goodman Circle
Whether it's opportunities to meet other Patrons at exhibition previews, or bespoke tours for you and your guests with the Museum's curators, the Patrons' programme offers the chance to get behind the scenes at the world's greatest encyclopedic Museum. Each circle provides a different way to get closer to the Museum.
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CaMMEA Group
The British Museum has collected contemporary art from the Middle East since the 1980s.
Thanks to the support of the Contemporary and Modern Middle Eastern Art Acquisitions Group (CaMMEA), the Museum now has a growing collection representing more than 200 established and emerging artists from across the region.
The support of these individuals allows the Museum to respond quickly to the contemporary art market, to be strategic in its collecting policy, and to place these works in the context of the Museum's existing Middle Eastern collections.
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Ottley Group
The Department of Prints and Drawings contains the national collection of Western prints and drawings and is one of the best collections of its kind in the world.
There are about 50,000 drawings and more than 2 million prints dating from the beginning of the 15th century up to the present day.
Members of the Ottley Group make an annual donation to the department in support of the acquisition of Old Master and English drawings.
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Vollard Group
Established in 2012, alongside the acquisition and exhibition of a complete set of Picasso's Vollard Suite, the group takes its name from Ambroise Vollard (1866 – 1939). The greatest avant-garde Paris art dealer and print publisher of his day, he gave Picasso his first Paris exhibition in 1901.
The support of the Vollard Group helps to ensure that the collection remains a living and relevant resource able to make strategic and bold acquisitions.