Membership

Become a Friend or Patron and support our work while gaining exclusive benefits

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Become a Friend

  • Our Friends are very important from us, and with their annual donations we have been able to do some amazing things. Becoming a Friend of The Cartoon Museum is a great help to us but it also boasts some great benefits, as well as being a great opportunity to join a community of Friends who share an interest in the artform.

  • • Free admission to the museum
    • Friends newsletters
    • Invitations to exhibition private views and special Friends events
    • Exclusive offer for talks and events
    • Special discounted rates on selected merchandise
    • 10% discount in the museum and online shops
    • Special social events
    • 10% discount on hire of the venue (20% discount on hire of the venue for Life Members)

  • Buy a membership in our Shop.

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Become a Patron

  • Support from our Patrons helps us in numerous ways for example, funding our collection, exhibitions and learning activities and much much more. Becoming a patron comes with a wide range of benefits as detailed below.

    • Invitations to all exhibition Private Views and other exclusive events

    • Exclusive venue hire rates

    • Guided visits to other cultural sites

    • Regular newsletters

    • Exclusive offers for events and workshops

    • Free entry for you and 4 guests to the Cartoon Museum

    • 15% off in our shop

    • Exclusive access to cartoonists, curators and specialists

    • Invitations to our yearly exhibition roundtable meetings

  • Patrons give £500 per year over 3 years. If you are interested in becoming a Patron, please get in touch with hello@cartoonmuseum.org.

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How your support helps

  • The Cartoon Arts Trust is a registered charity and The Cartoon Museum is a small independent museum which receives no regular funding. Support like this is incredibly important to us and helps us to:

    • Subsidise our schools programme for thousands of children

    • Remove barriers to engagement and improve access

    • Make necessary repairs and upgrades

    • Expand and care for our historic collection of over 6000 pieces of comic and cartoon artwork

    • Deliver our rotating temporary exhibitions programme

    • Secure funding for permanent staff and curators