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 important collections of American art in the world, including historical painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts. Bryant Fellows programming focuses on a broad range of creative production—from the arts of colonial and federal America, Hudson River School painting, and 19th-century sculpture to the varied arts of the Gilded Age and early 20th-century urban realism. More recently, we've expanded our collecting focus to highlight African 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 activities include visits to important public and private collections, exclusive curatorial tours of Met exhibitions, and a special two-day fall program. In addition, Bryant Fellows are invited to all the events and programs for the Friends of the American Wing, as well as opportunities to travel annually outside of New York with curators.
Annual Dues
Annual Dues: $12,000 (a portion of dues is tax-deductible)
Benefits
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.
Highlights of Past Events
- Annual black-tie gala dinner and meeting day, behind-the-scenes programs, and private-collection visits
- Exclusive curatorial tours of Museum exhibitions such as Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings; Painted in Mexico, 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici; Chippendale's Director; and Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
- Domestic multi-day travel with American Wing curators to visit public and private collections (past trips include: New Orleans, LA, and Natchez, MI; Denver, CO; Washington, DC)