Friends of Drawings and Prints
This group is designed to bring those passionate about works on paper into closer contact with the Department's extraordinary holdings and its superb curatorial staff. Today, its vast holdings, notable for an exceptional breadth and depth, comprise more than 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Western Europe and America, principally from the fifteenth century to the present. Friends of Drawings and Prints are invited to private viewings, behind-the-scenes tours, talks, exhibition previews, and opening receptions.
Annual Dues
Annual Dues: $6,000, or $4,000 for those under 40 years of age (a portion of dues is tax-deductible)
Benefits
The Friends of Drawings and Prints 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
- Conversation with artist Richard Tuttle in The Met's Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Gallery, followed by a reception
- Private tour of Devotion to Drawing: The Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, with Ashley Dunn, Assistant Curator, Drawings and Prints, and Marjorie Shelley, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Paper Conservation
- Discussion and viewing of drawings by Jacques Louis David and his students, with Perrin Stein, Curator, Drawings and Prints