William Cullen Bryant Fellows
The William Cullen Bryant Fellows group brings together American art collectors and supporters eager to engage with the American Wing as well as current American art scholarship. The Wing is privileged to hold one of the most most consequential collections of historical American art and design in the world, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts. Bryant Fellows programming highlights a wide range of creative production by trained and self-taught women and men—from Euro-American colonial and federal arts, Hudson River School landscape painting, and 19th-century sculpture to the varied arts of the Gilded Age and early 20th-century realism. More recently, we've strengthened our commitment to collecting diverse works by Black American, Latin American, and Native American artists, honoring all of these important contributions to the story of our nation's complex history.
Annual dues support the Museum and the Department's broad program of scholarship of the American Wing, and Bryant Fellows receive a copy of all American Wing publications underwritten with their funds.
Annual Dues
Annual Dues: $12,000 (a portion of dues is tax-deductible)
Benefits
The William Cullen Bryant Fellows receive the following benefits:
- all events and programs for the Friends of the American Wing
- an annual black-tie gala dinner
- behind-the-scenes programs and private collection visits
- exclusive curator-led tours of varied Museum exhibitions
- multi-day travel with American Wing curators to public and private collections (past trips include Paris, France; the Berkshires, MA; and New Orleans, LA)
The William Cullen Bryant Fellows also receive the benefits of a Patron Membership at The Met, including:
- free, express admission to all of The Met's locations with up to four accompanied guests;
- special access to the collection and new exhibitions during Morning Hours, Preview Days, Evening Receptions, and The Met After Hours;
- invitations to Members-only events, concerts, and curator talks;
- access to the Members-only spaces in the Museum;
- 10% discount on all public restaurants and venues at The Met, The Met Cloisters, and The Met Store;
- subscriptions to the What's On calendar and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin; and
- reciprocal benefits at sixteen museums nationwide.
Membership is offered by invitation only.