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Minnie S. Martin to James Mullen, ca. 1966. James Mullen
Christmas card collection, ca. 1955–2003. Archives of American Art.

Next year marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Archives of American Art Journal. For five decades, our beloved Journal has been an important forum for research and scholarship in the field, and those who follow the careers of leading scholars know that from the beginning the Journal has been a critical outlet for new thinking and discoveries about the visual arts in America. These days, as art periodicals are shutting down all around us, we are proud to continue to make our scholarly publication a priority.

Help us celebrate the Journal’s distinguished past by ensuring its future. As you consider your year–end giving, please think about the Journal’s crucial role in the art world, and make a gift to the Archives of American Art. Your generosity will help us continue to give voice to the leading scholars of American art, just as we give voice, as no other collection can, to the human stories behind our nation’s most significant art and artists.

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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 the Office of Development and Membership 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 the Office 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 the Office 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