Benefits of SBMA membership:
General Member - $60
  • Unlimited free admission per Member household
  • One year's subscription to In View, our newly-expanded bi-monthly newsletter
  • Invitations to Members-only exhibition previews
  • 10% discount on Museum Store purchases
  • Art class and workshop opportunities
  • Free or reduced admission to films, lectures, gallery tours, concerts and other events
  • Museum-sponsored travel opportunities
  • Museum's Fearing Art Library privileges
  • Volunteer opportunities


  • Senior - $45
    This special rate affords all the benefits of General membership to Seniors 65 and over

    Student - $25
    This special individual rate affords all the benefits of General membership on presentation of valid school i.d. (limit one Member only, Nights discounts do not apply).
Associate Patron - $125
All the benefits of General membership, plus
  • Two Museum guest passes*
  • Invitations to special events
  • North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) program privileges
    (view museums)
Gallery Patron - $250
All the benefits of Associate Patron membership, plus
  • Four Museum guest passes*
  • Invitations to special pre-exhibitions lectures
  • Additional free reciprocal admission through Western Museum Group
Collectors' Patron - $500
All the benefits of Gallery Patron membership, plus
  • Six Museum guest passes*
  • Free copies of Museum-published catalogues
Curators' Patron - $750
All the benefits of Collectors' Patron membership, plus
  • Eight Museum guest passes*
  • Invitations to Curators' Patron events
Director's Patron - $1,500
All the benefits of Curators' Patron membership, plus
  • Ten Museum guest passes*
  • Invitations to Director's Patron events
Benefactors Circle - $3,000
All the benefits of Director's Patron membership, plus
  • Unlimited Museum guest passes*
  • An exclusive series of lectures, activities and events at the Museum and in private homes.


  • For details, contact the Benefactors Circle office at 805.884.6428.

*Please call the Museum Membership Office(805.884.6490) to redeem your free passes, or for any other membership information or assistance.