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Upgrade your Individual Membership to treat a guest to special exhibitions and the Members' Room, or to share your on-site benefits with a named individual.

You can upgrade your Membership now and use it straight away to visit our exhibitions. Upgrades will run in parallel with your existing Membership.

Choose your Membership upgrade

Guest facility upgrade

  • Add a guest facility if you want to have the flexibility to bring a different person to the Museum each time you visit
  • Your upgraded card will say 'Admits 2' so you and a guest can access special exhibitions and the Members' Room together
  • The payment for the guest facility is not eligible for Gift Aid. 
Credit card £30

Additional cardholder upgrade

  • Add an additional cardholder if you want to share your on-site benefits with a named person who lives at the same address as you
  • This will allow the named person to have independent access to our special exhibitions and the Members' Room
Credit card £24

I particularly value that Members can visit special exhibitions for free and as many times as they like, in the company of a guest.

Andrew, Member since 1985

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I value the sense of being a part of something bigger than myself and helping to support an institution that houses a great deal of the world's history all in one place.

Kyle, Member since 2014

Contact the Membership Office

Email: friends@britishmuseum.org
Phone: +44 (0)20 7323 8195

Opening times
Monday–Friday: 10.00–16.00
Closed: weekends and bank holidays

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