Support the Archives
Support our mission to collect, preserve, and make available for study primary sources documenting the history of the visual arts in America.
Individual Membership
For an annual contribution of $65 to $5,000, members receive a wide variety of benefits while providing critical general operating support for the Archives. Be a part of this dynamic, unique, and vital institution and help us:
- Preserve and provide access to more than 16 million items in our holdings
- Make available 210,000 digital image files on our website each year
- Provide free service to more than 4,000 researchers annually
- Remain the world’s largest and most widely used resource on the visual arts in America
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Questions? Please contact Jessica Theaman, Development and Membership Associate, at 202-633-8768 or theamanj@si.edu.
Corporate Membership and Sponsorships
Corporations play an important philanthropic role for the Archives. We welcome corporate relationships through the Archives’ Corporate Membership Program and sponsorships of special projects and events such as the Annual Benefit in New York.
For an annual contribution of $10,000, corporate members receive recognition and logo impressions in the Archives’ Journal, newsletter, e-newsletter, website, and Annual Report. In addition, they receive invitations to special Archives events, subscriptions to our publications, and discounts on Smithsonian dining and shopping.
For more information, please contact Carolina Furukrona, Director of Development, at 202-633-7989 or furukca@si.edu.
Additional Ways to Support the Archives
Gifts of any amount provide vital unrestricted support and may be made to the Archives of American Art at any time. Those who include the Smithsonian in their estate plans and notify us are eligible for membership in the Smithsonian Legacy Society and its events.
To support the Archives of American Art through gifts or tax-saving charitable trusts, bequests, endowments, and other planned gifts, please contact Carolina Furukrona, Director of Development, at 202-633-7989 or furukca@si.edu.
From the Collections: Jackson Pollock, Clement Greenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner and child, ca. 1952
Annual Gala, Oct. 2007
From the Collections: Thomas Cole, ca. 1845
Annual Raymond Lecture, Apr. 2008