Membership Means More!

Members help sustain Winterthur’s world-renowned collections, garden, and library—ensuring that future generations can explore the beauty and stories of America’s past.  In return, Members receive exclusive dawn-to-dusk access to our rolling meadows, waterways, stone bridges, and woodlands that surround a garden carefully designed to celebrate each season with a burst of color. Membership also includes a variety of exclusive benefits to enrich every visit and create lasting memories.

Membership Levels

Membership pays for itself in 2–3 visits! All Members enjoy the following benefits: 

  • Daily sunrise-to-sunset access to the garden
  • Free general admission 
  • Free or reduced-price admission to events and programs
  • Free admission to Yuletide
  • Members-only events
  • Reciprocal benefits through the American Horticultural Society

Simply select your level based on the number of people you choose to include:

Winterthur 1 ($85)

  • General admission benefits for 1 named cardholder
  • 2 one-time-use digital guest passes
  • 10% discount in the café and museum store

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Winterthur 2 ($115)

  • General admission benefits for 2 (1 named cardholder must be present
  • 2 one-time-use digital guest passes
  • 10% discount in the café and museum store

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Winterthur 2 Plus Kids ($135)

  • General admission benefits for 2 (1 named cardholder must be present) and up to 4 additional children
  • 2 one-time-use digital guest passes
  • 10% discount in the café and museum store

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Winterthur 3 ($185)

  • General admission benefits for 3 (1 named cardholder must be present) and up to 4 additional children
  • 4 one-time-use digital guest passes
  • Reciprocal admission benefits through NARM and ROAM
  • 10% discount in the café and 15% discount in the museum store

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Winterthur 4 ($200)

  • General admission benefits for 4 (1 named cardholder must be present) and up to 4 additional children
  • 4 one-time-use digital guest passes
  • Reciprocal admission benefits through NARM and ROAM
  • 10% discount in the café and 15% discount in the museum store

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Support Winterthur

Your membership helps:

  • Protect an unparalleled collection of 90,000 masterpieces of American antiques
  • Preserve America’s premier 60-acre naturalistic garden and surrounding landscape of 1,000 acres
  • Enhance the library’s renowned collection of rare books, manuscripts, and photographs

Support Winterthur at our Patron, Benefactor, and Friends of Winterthur levels!

Patron ($285)

All benefits of Winterthur 4, plus

  • 20% discount on an individual subscription to Winterthur Portfolio: A Journal of American Material Culture 
  • Complimentary admission for 2 to the Delaware Antiques Show 
  • Complimentary admission for 2 to a Director’s Reception
  • Object Research Assistance on 1 object

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Benefactor ($500)

All benefits of the Patron level, plus

  • Object Research Assistance on 2 objects
  • Complimentary one-year subscription to Incollect Magazine

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Friends of Winterthur ($1,000)

All benefits of the Benefactor level, plus

  • Object Research Assistance on 3 objects
  • Opportunity to host a private event at select Winterthur locations

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Memberships start the date they are purchased. Membership contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Memberships are nonrefundable and nontransferable. Pricing, terms, and conditions are subject to change without notice.

You may pay for a membership via a Donor Advised Fund, IRA, or family foundation. Please note that all memberships paid through these methods will automatically have benefits marked declined, which includes waiving guest passes, and will be fully tax deductible.

Winterthur 2 and up may have up to 2 named cardholders. One cardholder must be present. Full membership privileges are reserved for card holders. * Children refers to those ages 18 and under. Children ages 2 and under are free.