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Membership is at the very heart of the Dennos Museum Center. Your critical membership dollars directly fund programming, operations, collections care, and--most importantly--enables us to serve over 60,000 visitors each and every year. Many of our visitors receive free or reduced admission through K-12 scholarships, the NEA Blue Star Museums program for veterans, and IMLS Museums for All.
Benefits
All Dennos Museum Center membership levels include:
- Free admission to the Dennos Museum Center (excludes ticketed events/exhibits)
- 10% discounts at the Museum Store
- Discounts on DMC concerts and event tickets
- Digital Membership Cards
Members at the $100 Trailblazer level or above receive the added benefit of reciprocal membership to NARM and ROAM and now ASTC.
This benefit provides FREE admission to over 2,000 museums nationwide, while every dollar you contribute stays at the Dennos and strengthens your local museum.
digital membership cards
In partnership with Cuseum, we launched digital membership cards in March 2022 which can be downloaded and saved to your smartphone. Your digital membership card is unique to your membership and displays your name, membership level, expiration date, your benefits, and other museum information on the back. It’s exactly the same as your current card, but much more eco-friendly and more difficult to lose! It will update automatically when your membership information changes.
Please plan for up to 5 business days for your digital membership card to be processed and sent to your phone.
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Smithsonian affiliate membership
The Smithsonian Membership upgrade is available as an addition to any Dennos membership level for an additional $25. The following benefits are available to Smithsonian Affiliate Members:
- A one-year subscription to Smithsonian Magazine
- A 10% discount on all Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Free admission to the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, NY
- A personalized Smithsonian membership card
- A 10% discount on all IMAX tickets at the Smithsonian
- Online benefits from the Smithsonian with insider access to the Smithsonian and special opportunities
- Member Discount on The Great Courses
- Reciprocal Admission Benefits at participating Smithsonian Affiliates*
Member Benefits at participating Smithsonian Affiliates include admission for two, member discounts on purchases made on the premises for concert and lecture tickets, and discounts in gift stores. Not all participating organizations offer all benefits.
Upon the receipt of our members’ names and payment, Smithsonian Magazine will generate member magazine subscriptions and membership cards in 4–6 weeks. Members will also be mailed Smithsonian Journeys Travel Adventure study tour information and the Smithsonian retail catalogue.
Museum Travel Alliance
We’re excited to share that the Dennos Museum Center is now a proud member of the Museum Travel Alliance—a network of over 120 leading museums offering exclusive, curator-led travel experiences around the globe.
Spirit of the North
Indigenous Culture & Art in Winnipeg
September 24 – 28, 2026
In honor of The Dennos Museum Center’s 35th anniversary and in recognition of our world-class Inuit art collection, please join us from September 24 to 28, 2026, for a cultural journey to Winnipeg, Canada. View the full itinerary and brochure here.
This is a special opportunity to discover one of Canada’s most significant arts and culture communities alongside Dennos staff and museum members. As a museum holding one of the largest and most historically complete collections of Inuit art in the United States, we have a deep connection to the art of the Canadian North. This trip allows us to explore that connection in a new way, standing before the world’s largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art at WAG-Qaumajuq, where over 14,000 works are housed in a luminous three-story glass “Visible Vault” that places the collection at the heart of the building.
Behind-the-scenes access defines this program. We’ll enter the Manitoba Museum’s vaults, which are not usually open to the public, with a curator explaining the museum’s repatriation policy and work with Indigenous communities. We’ll meet local artists and attend a hands-on storytelling and art workshop, allowing you to create your own artwork to take home.
Our exploration extends to traditional meeting grounds at The Forks, a site used by Indigenous peoples for 6,000 years. We’ll cross into St. Boniface, Winnipeg’s French Quarter, to learn about the Métis people—descendants of European fur traders and Indigenous women who developed a distinct culture and identity.
At the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, we’ll explore its displays charting how Indigenous communities continue to strive for human rights. This journey connects the timeless spirit of the North to the dynamic soul of a modern city.
⇒To reserve your place, contact our tour operator, Arrangements Abroad, at 212-514-8921 or trips@arrangementsabroad.com. We look forward to sharing this experience with you.
Membership Donations
Thank you for considering the DMC as a donor for your event. All requests for donations must follow the process outlined below.
- Requests must be submitted at least four weeks before your event start date.
- Align with DMC mission and NMC values.
- Donations to silent auctions, fundraisers, and galas must directly benefit a non-profit organization or the community in which the organization is based. DMC does not donate to individuals, or organizations outside our region.
- Avoid direct competition with DMC programs and events.
- Subject to availability, budget, etc.
- Acknowledge the DMC in program materials where appropriate. DMC staff may request copies of materials which include acknowledgement.
- Failure to acknowledge DMC appropriately may result in future suspension of membership donations.
please complete the online membership donation form
The Audience Engagement Manager has final authority on all membership donation requests based on available resources and DMC mission alignment.
