Museum Circle

The Museum Circle is an independent charitable trust founded in 2001 with the specific aim of supporting the Museum's programmes, aquisitions and development.

In the past ten years the Museum Circle has successfully carried out two major capital raising campaigns for the Museum - Names in Stone and With a View to the Future - raising upwards of $4,000,000..

The Museum Circle has now established an Endowment Fund for special projects.

Members develop a special relationship with the Museum. With three levels of participation, the Circle offers members the opportunity to establish a level of involvement that suits them personally, whilst providing a wonderful range of activities, social functions and spectacular custom-designed trips to cultural destinations around the world.

Membership benefits

♦ Invitations to major Museum exhibition previews and openings

♦ Invitations to exclusive Museum Circle events

♦ Opportunities to participate in special overseas cultural tours

♦ Quarterly members' newsletters

♦ Access to the Members Lounge at the Museum

♦ $500 voucher towards the hire of Museum venues for private functions

♦ Out-of-town members will enjoy unlimited free access to the Museum

♦ 10% discount at the Museum Shop

♦ Patrons will also enjoy an annual lunch or dinner with the Museum Director

♦ Discounts on tickets to Museum concerts.

Membership levels

Inner Circle For members 35 years and younger	$150 per year ($50 subscription, *$100 donation)
Benefactor	$300 per year ($50 subscription, *$250 donation)
Benefactor (Joint)	$500 per year, (100 subscription, *$400 donation)
Patron	$1,000 per year ($200 subscription, *$800 donation)
Patron (Joint)	$1,500 per year ($400 subscription, *$1,100 donation)
Patrons enjoy all the above benefits plus an invitation to the Annual Patrons Dinner with the Director of the Museum and a guest of honour.

*Please note that the Museum Circle Foundation is registered under the Charity Act 2005 and the amount of the donation recorded above will be available to be claimed as a personal tax rebate.