CELEBRATING MUSEUM MEMBERS - Museum Foundation

Cultural enlightenment. Personal enrichment. Community
connections. These are some of the broad reasons members
give for making membership a priority in their busy lives. But at
its heart, the truest measure of membership is personal experience.
Here, three dedicated members tell why their membership
matters:
A liFETiME COMMiTMEnT
“I’m a museum-a-holic with a passion for history,” says Nancy
Dimit, a Santa Fe resident and member since the early 1980s.
Raised in Colorado, Dimit’s love of museums took root as a
child in the early 1940s, when she spent summers in the Pecos
Wilderness with women family members whose husbands were
away at war.
“I used to visit the Palace of the Governors with my grandmother,”
she recalls. “My childhood dream was that I was going
to live there.”
Dimit is among a group of members who join with a specific
museum interest or collecting area. She contributes to all the
museums as a Friends group member, but like a majority of all
members, the Palace and New Mexico History Museum are
particularly important in her life.
A former Palace docent, Dimit once volunteered as a museum
educator, traveling to schools statewide to teach New Mexico
history. Beyond membership, she has contributed to history
museum exhibitions and acquisitions and recently provided
funding to repair deteriorating Palace windows. Every year, she
purchases memberships for her three children.
“The opportunities of membership are incredible and have
made my life more interesting,” she says. “I take great ownership
in these institutions and pride in my involvement. It’s a
lifetime commitment.”
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Membership Math
An Extraordinary Value!
When you add it all up, the total value of your museum
membership — in terms of the cultural, educational and
personal benefits you receive — far exceeds the cost.
We did the math for you, using a one-year, two-person
Family/Dual membership as an example:
You give $75
You get Your value
Free unlimited
admission for
one year
Subscription to
El Palacio Magazine
10% Museum Shops
discount in stores
and online
10% Museum Hill
Café discount
Tax-deductible
donation
$72 +
$20
$43 +
$10 +
Varies
Your Total Value $165 +