Membership

supports our Mission


Thank You!

Because of our Members, we are able to provide meaningful experiences at The Mariners’ for our community. Whether a student is planting the eelgrass they grew in Mariners’ Lake during an environmental education program or a navy diver comes to see Monitor’s turret for the first time in 20 years, people from all generations and walks of life connect with one another and the world’s waters here. Together, we continue striving to fulfill our mission for our local, national, and global communities.

Your Member Benefits:

  • Free general admission
  • Free subscription to Ahoy! magazine
  • Member discounts on Museum shopping, programs, photographs, and research materials
  • Invitations to Members-only events
  • FREE admission to select lectures

A Greater Purpose

Your membership not only offers wonderful benefits, but it also helps to foster a strong and vibrant community. Our original 1930 charter states that we exist to “promote the public welfare,” which caused us to shift our mindset in 2016 and operate not as an attraction, but as a community resource. Using servant leadership as a guide, The Mariners’ is committed to promoting engagement to our Museum and Living Collections through access and value, which is all possible because of your support.

Mariners’ Museum Membership Levels

Mariners’ Museum Membership FAQs

Here at The Mariners’ Museum and Park, conservation is the foundation of all we do. The stewardship of our Museum and Living Collections ensures their survival for generations to come, allowing them to ultimately provide value to our local, national, and global community. Your membership places you in our Community of Champions because you are ambassadors of our mission in the community:

The Mariners’ connects people to the world’s waters, because through the waters — through our shared maritime heritage — we are connected to one another.

Stewardship of the Collection helps to connect us through the world’s waters so that everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, or socioeconomic status… can be a Mariner!

Your membership not only offers wonderful benefits, but it also helps to foster a strong and vibrant community. Our original 1930 charter states that we exist to “promote the public welfare,” which caused us to shift our mindset in 2016 and operate not as an attraction, but as a community resource. Using servant leadership as a guide, The Mariners’ is committed to promoting engagement to our Museum and Living Collections through access and value, which is all possible because of your support.”

All Membership levels will receive guest passes (the quantity is determined by Membership level). The guest pass is a single-use pass valid for one free admission.

Flex Guest Admission

Flex Guest Admission is only valid at the Beacon and Explorer Membership levels. Flex Guest Admission allows you to bring a new guest with you every time you visit. Flex Guest Admission benefit includes a single free admission for your guest every time you visit the Museum and is not valid on any other Member discounts or benefits.

An additional Member may be added for $25 and must be added at the time of purchase or renewal. Limit one additional Member per membership program.

To add an additional Member, please contact:

membership@MarinersMuseum.org

(757) 591-7740

The Mariners’ Museum and Park is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. Memberships are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Admission

Access to more than 1,000 museums nationwide. The NARM Association boasts an array of top-notch institutional members from arts and history museums to botanical gardens, children’s museums, science centers, and more.

This benefit is included in Family, Premium, Beacon and Explorer levels only.

List of NARM Museums

Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) Reciprocal Museum Admission

Admission for two to 80 maritime museums nationwide.

This benefit is included in Premium, Beacon, and Explorer levels only.

North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Admission

Access to more than 1,000 museums nationwide. The NARM Association boasts an array of top-notch institutional members from arts and history museums to botanical gardens, children’s museums, science centers, and more.

This benefit is included in Family, Premium, Beacon and Explorer levels only.

List of NARM Museums

Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) Reciprocal Museum Admission

Admission for two to 80 maritime museums nationwide.

This benefit is included in Premium, Beacon, and Explorer levels only.