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Discount Benefits

 

 

Museum members receive many great benefits, including:

  • Personalized membership card granting unlimited free admission for a full year to all Seattle Art Museum locations: SAM Downtown, the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park
  • 15% discount at all SAM SHOP locations
  • 10% discount at TASTE Restaurant and Cafés
  • Invitations to members-only exhibition previews, programs and events
  • Annual subscription to SAMconnects
  • Invitations to the popular Members Art History Lecture Series with SAM curators
  • Discounts on museum lectures, film series and other programs
  • Subscription to monthly member e-newsletter featuring special members-only promotions and discounts
  • Discounts at more than 40 Seattle area merchants
  • Subscription discounts on leading arts magazines
  • Art rental privileges at SAM Gallery—Art Sales and Rental
  • Opportunity to join museum Art Councils
  • One copy of Seattle Art Museum: Bridging Cultures, a guidebook to SAM’s collection

 

Individual $60

Full amount is tax-deductible.

  • All membership benefits for one person

Dual $75

Full amount is tax-deductible.

  • All membership benefits for two people
  • Two personalized membership cards

Family $85

Full amount is tax-deductible.

All membership benefits for two adults and children 18 and under in the same household, plus:

  • Discounts to and advance notice of family programming
  • Invitations to SAM family events

Patron $200

Best Value! $52 of your contribution is not tax-deductible.

All Family level benefits, plus:

  • Invitations to premier members-only receptions for special exhibitions
  • Reciprocal admission and store discounts at 28 museums nationwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Portland Art Museum
  • Ten one-time-use guest passes

Friend $300

$92 is not tax-deductible.

All Patron level benefits, plus:

  • Invitations to curator-led tours of SAM's collections
  • Invitations to unique collecting events

Fellow $600

$112 is not tax-deductible.

All Friend level benefits, plus:

  • Invitations to exclusive tours of private home collections
  • One exhibition catalogue annually
For more information, contact us at membership@seattleartmuseum.org or call 206.654.3180.
 
Special Memberships
SAM offers reduced rates on memberships in the following categories.
 

Student $30

Available to full-time students with current student ID. ID required for museum admission.
Full amount is tax-deductible.

  • All Individual level benefits
  • Valid for one person only

Senior $35

Available to seniors 62 or over. Proof of age required for museum admission.
Full amount is tax-deductible.

  • All Individual level benefits
  • Valid for one person only

Dual Senior $60

Available for two seniors who are both 62 or over. Proof of age required for museum admission.
Full amount is tax-deductible.

  • All Dual level benefits

Traveler Discount

  • $10 off Individual or Dual membership. Proof of residency 60 or more miles out of Seattle required.

Educators

  • 20% off any membership up to the Fellow level. Proof of current employment as an educator required.

SAM Volunteers

  • 20% off any membership up to the Fellow level. Proof of active volunteer status required.

SAM Corporate Member Employees

  • 20% off any new membership up to the Fellow level for employees of our corporate members. Proof of employment required.

UW Alumni Association

  • 20% off any new membership up to the Fellow level. Current alumni ID card required.
 

Cannot apply discounts to already discounted membership levels.

To apply one of these discounts to your membership, please contact us at membership@seattleartmuseum.org, call 206.654.3180 or visit us on-site at any of our three locations. You must provide appropriate documentation in order to receive a discount.

 

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