Memberships

Your annual membership to the Columbia County Historical Society is a vital way to provide continued support to our properties and programming.

Individual Membership

Donation Amount: $60
Free admission for one person to all CCHS properties and invitations to all CCHS events. Access to the CCHS Library and genealogical resources. Free reciprocal admission to over 30 museums in New York through the Empire State Museums Reciprocal Program.

Dual Membership

Donation Amount: $100
Includes all Individual Membership privileges for two persons.

Patron Membership

Donation Amount: $135
Includes all Dual Membership privileges. Plus free reciprocal admission to over 1,500 art museums and galleries, historical museums and societies, botanical gardens, children’s museums and zoos in Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States through the North American Reciprocal Museum Program (NARM).

Benefactor Membership

Donation Amount: $500
Includes all Patron Membership privileges in addition to a behind the scenes tour for 6 persons of CCHS collections and facilities.

Business Sponsor

Donation Amount: $1,000
Benefits include exposure on our website plus Patron Membership privileges, 2 tickets to First Columbians Celebration and recognition in Event Committee listings.

As a CCHS member, you’ll enjoy free access to our exhibitions and research library, discounts and special invites on lectures and other events, and free access to dozens of partner museums. Membership is a vital way to provide continued support to our programming.

Core Memberships

All memberships include the following benefits:

Free admission to CCHS properties
Reciprocal Membership with the Empire State Museums Reciprocal Program
Unlimited free use of CCHS library and genealogical resources
Invitation to special events and discounts for special events, lectures and other public programs

Patron Memberships

Patron Memberships include everything in a Core Membership plus reciprocal member privileges to more than 1,300 museums through the North American Reciprocal Museum Program.

Patron Sponsor includes two guest passes
Patron Benefactor includes four guest passes

Business Member

Core Membership Benefits for two adults and youths under 18 plus recognition on our online Business Supporters page.

Business Sponsor

Core Membership Benefits for two adults and youths under 18 and recognition on our online Business Supporters page, plus:

Four guest passes to all of our historic properties
Private, behind-the-scenes tour of all properties with the CCHS curator
Two tickets to First Columbians annual benefit and special recognition in the First Columbians program