Friend Membership
Regular price $300.00
MEMBERSHIPS
Kemper Museum members help keep the museum free for all visitors. Admission, parking*, special exhibitions, or programs are always free. Your membership underwrites these expenses and inspires many thousands with contemporary art each year.
Members also enjoy benefits including invitations to special events and discounts in the museum shop and Café Sebastienne. Learn more about member benefits and levels below.
*Parking is available only when the museum is open during regular business hours.
Kemper Membership Levels and Benefits
For more information about membership, contact Gayle Hathorne, development coordinator, at 816-457-6102 or ghathorne@kemperart.org.
All members enjoy:
• Supporting free admission, parking, and public programs for everyone
• 20% savings in the Kemper Museum Shop and Café Sebastienne
(excludes special events and photo booth)
• Two free drinks at public programs with cash bars
• Invitations to exhibition openings and access to member happy hours
• Monthly e-newsletters & special communications
• Free member gift
30th Anniversary New Member $30
• Solo membership card and benefits for an individual joining for the first time or
renewing a membership that has lapsed more than one year.
Solo $75
• Membership card and benefits for one
Household $150
• Membership benefits for all members living at the same address (two cards)
• Reciprocal benefits at 800+ museums through the North American Reciprocal
Museum (NARM) program
Friend $300
HOUSEHOLD level benefits plus:
• Benefits with elite modern and contemporary art museums nationwide through
the Modern & Contemporary Reciprocal Membership (ModCo) program
Advocate $500
FRIEND level benefits plus:
• Membership in Collectors Forum, including exclusive invitations to Private Collection Salons and occasional travel opportunities with museum leadership
Visionaries
Join this group of philanthropists, organizations, local businesses, cultural leaders, and corporate sponsors! Benefits include access to annual Visionary Celebration, Collectors Forum Salons, and travel opportunities; eligibility to host private events at the museums, and sponsorship recognition.
Patron $1,000
ADVOCATE level benefits, plus:
• Eligibility to use of one space within the museum while the museum is open for a private event with planning support provided by the museum’s special event staff. Events could include meetings, corporate events, private brunches and luncheons, birthday parties, and wedding and baby showers, among other occasions.
• Invitations for two to the annual Visionary Celebration.
• Prominent placement on the donor recognition wall at the museum for one full year beginning in March following the year of your gift before December 31
Fellow $4,000
PATRON level benefits, plus:
• Eligibility to use of one space within the museum for one four-hour private event with planning support provided by the museum’s special event coordinator. Events could include corporate meetings or events, private dinners, weddings, and cocktail parties, among other occasions.
Sustainer $5,000
FELLOW level benefits, plus:
• Recognition as a Sustaining Sponsor for an upcoming exhibition of your choice, you will be prominently recognized on the entrance wall of the exhibition and webpage
Innovator $10,000
FELLOW level benefits, plus:
• Prominent recognition as an Innovating Sponsor for one upcoming exhibition of your choice on the exhibition entrance wall and webpage
• A private walk through of the sponsored exhibition with the director for up to ten people
• Two spots at one of three upcoming 30th Anniversary artist dinners
• Other benefits as determined to meet your recognition and marketing interests
Lead Sponsor $25,000
FELLOW level benefits, plus:
• Prominent recognition as a Lead Exhibition Sponsor for one upcoming exhibition of your choice on the exhibition entrance wall and webpage
• Lunch with the director and a private walk through of the sponsored exhibition for up to ten people
• Two spots at one of three upcoming 30th Anniversary artist dinners
• Other benefits as determined to meet your recognition and marketing interests
30th Anniversary Luminary $30,000
FELLOW level benefits, plus:
• Prominent recognition as a Lead Exhibition Sponsor for all 2024 exhibitions entrance walls and webpages
• Lunch with the director and a private walk through of the sponsored exhibition for up to ten people
• Two spots at each of three upcoming 30th Anniversary Artist Dinners
• Other benefits as determined to meet your recognition and marketing interests
Shipping address will be used to send the membership card. If you'd like another name or address used, please notate any changes in the notes section at checkout.
Shipping address will be used to send the membership card. If you'd like another name or address used, please notate any changes in the notes section at checkout.