The one with everything
For the person who needs no more objects, a year of experiences and belonging is a genuine gift rather than another thing to find space for. It is memorable precisely because it is not a thing.
A gift membership is a present that does not gather dust on a shelf. Instead of an object that is admired once and forgotten, you give a whole year of unlimited museum entry, member events and belonging to a cultural society. It suits the person who has everything, the one who loves history, the new arrival to the region, the graduate, the retiree with time to fill beautifully. This page explains how gifting works, what your recipient receives, and why it is one of our most-given memberships.
Giving is simple. You choose the tier you would like to give — individual, family or patron — and buy it as a gift, telling us the recipient's name and how you would like them to receive it. We set the membership up in their name and send them a welcome and a card, digital immediately and printed by post if you would like the pleasure of something to hand over. Crucially, the gift year starts when they activate it, not when you buy it, so a membership bought weeks ahead of a birthday still gives them a full twelve months from the day they begin using it.
From there it is entirely theirs: their card, their access to the whole museum network, their priority on the events, their journal, their vote in the society. You have given them not a single outing but a year of cultural life, and the kind of present they will think of you for every time they use it. When their gift year ends, the choice to renew is theirs alone — we never quietly bill the giver again.
A gift membership lands especially well with certain people. If you are buying for one of these, it is close to a perfect present.
For the person who needs no more objects, a year of experiences and belonging is a genuine gift rather than another thing to find space for. It is memorable precisely because it is not a thing.
For anyone drawn to the past, a year's free run of the region's museums and an events programme to match is a gift that speaks directly to what they love. Few presents are so exactly aimed.
For someone newly arrived in the region, a membership is both a welcome and an invitation — a way into the local culture and, through the events, into a community. A kind gift to give a new neighbour.
A welcome in their own name and a membership card — digital immediately and printed by post if you want something to hand over — giving them a full year of unlimited entry to the network and the events programme.
From when the recipient activates it, not from when you buy it. So a gift bought ahead of a birthday or holiday gives them a complete twelve months from the day they begin, never a year that has already started ticking down.
Yes — any tier can be given. A family membership as a gift covers the recipient's whole household, which makes a generous present for a family you care about. Arrange it through the contact page.
Choose a tier to give and we will set it up in their name.
Give a membership See the tiers