membership and Individual Giving
The support of patrons, community, colleagues, and friends through membership and giving is vital to the growth and sustainability of the museum. That is especially true at this moment during the pandemic, and our ongoing collective fight for justice. For 34 years Hammonds House Museum has presented artists and scholars who have told the stories of Black Lives in America and throughout the African Diaspora. We have been the balance to systemic racism, inequity, discrimination and exclusion while also being impacted by its residue through inequities in funding and resource development which has resulted in the museum being chronically under-resourced and undervalued.
Members experience the Hammonds House Museum in the best way possible. Member privileges include unlimited free admission, private exhibition previews, valuable discounts at our museum store, and much more. Your support as a Hammonds House Museum member provides important support for outreach programs that enrich the lives of the West End community and metro Atlanta.
We will continue to present work centered in the Black experience and provide a platform for diverse voices to tell the stories of the past, present and future of a people. The journey will be transformative. Won’t you join us? Please scroll down to find the membership or giving level that is right for you.
Shanequa Gay, The Welcoming Committee, 2019. Mural. From the exhibition LIT WITHOUT SHERMAN: A Love Letter to the West End.
Basic
Join Hammonds House Museum at the Basic Membership Level and receive free unlimited admission to museum exhibitions for you, invitations to exhibition previews, free or reduced admission to our special events, the Hammonds House Museum Pulse Newsletter, and a membership card.
Basic Membership Levels and Rates:
Senior (62+) $25 per year
Student $25 per year
Individual $45 per year
Family $75 per year (2 Adults and 2 children under 18)
Aspiration Society Members provide the reliable financial support we need to present the best art, artists, and culture of the African Diaspora. When you join the Aspiration Society your credit or debit card will automatically be billed monthly and your donation will renew until you ask us to stop.
Benefits include free unlimited admission to the museum for you, invitations for you and a guest to exhibition previews and member-only events, early-bird notification of special programs, 10% discount on Hammonds House Museum merchandise in the museum store, Access to over 1000 arts & cultural institutions throughout North America and more via NARM (North America Reciprocal Museum) member benefits, Hammonds House Museum Pulse Newsletter, and a membership card.
Aspiration Society Membership Levels and Rates:
Bronze: $12.50 per month / $150 per year
Silver: $25 per month / $300 per year
Gold: $30 per month / $360 per year
Platinum: $40 per month / $480 per year
Aspiration Society
Hanif Abdur-Rahim, A Revolution in Etiquette - Connoisseurs of SWAG, 2010. From the exhbition Dandy Lion: (Re): Articulating Black Masculine Identity.
Lucinda Bunnen, Dr. Richard Long and O.T, Hammonds, Date Unknown. From the Hammonds House Museum Permanent Collection.
Friends of O.T.
Friends of O.T. Hammonds provide direct support for the work of maintaining our Permanent Collection. Your support will assist us in the critical tasks of conserving, digitizing, cataloging, and storing the museum’s artifacts and artwork.
Benefits include one complimentary Membership, meet and greets with guest curators and conservators, invitations to exhibition previews for you and a guest, invitations to exclusive Hammonds House Museum events, 10% discount on Hammonds House Museum store purchases, and intimate experiences with exhibiting artists. A portion of your gift is tax-deductible.
Friends of O.T. Hammonds Giving Levels:
$500 per year
$750 per year
$1000 per year
$1200 per year
Director’s Circle
Patrons at the Director's Circle level think and see the world differently. Contributions from the Director's Circle builds our curatorial capacity and ensures our ability to present innovative and provocative work.
Director's Circle members receive one complimentary Membership, VIP Meet & Greet with guest curators/artists, invitations to exclusive Hammonds House Museum dinners, private group tours of exhibitions, and recognition on exhibition signage and collateral materials. A portion of your gift is tax-deductible.
Director’s Circle Giving Levels:
$1,500 - $5,000 per year
Radcliffe Bailey, O Freedom Ova Me, 1995