Membership Opportunities

Join the League of Friends

Membership in the League of Friends is an investment in a significant collection of historical artifacts and archives as well as President Woodrow Wilson’s ideals. Your support helps to underwrite exhibitions, collections care, and educational programs. Most important of all it ensures that President Wilson’s legacy—of peace, expansion of opportunities for all Americans, commitment to democratic principles, American leadership in international affairs—is preserved and shared annually with thousands of families and students.

All members will receive:

  • Free admission to the Museum
  • 15% discount at the President’s Shop
  • The Wilson Review newsletter
  • Preferred registration for special events and educational programs
  • Opportunity to rent Presidential Library and Museum gardens
  • Recognition in the Annual Report

Membership Fee

  • Students and Educators-$35
  • Individual-$50-$99
  • Family-$100-$499 (free admission for all members of immediate family)
  • Small Business (fewer than twelve employees)-$100-$249
    Also receives: 15% discount toward gift memberships; discount on rental facilities
  • Corporations-$250 and above
    Also receives: 15% discount toward gift memberships; discount on rental facilities

Leadership Giving

  • Diplomat-$500-$999
  • Ambassador-$1,000-$2,499
  • Cabinet-$2,500-$4,999
    All Leadership members also receive: quarterly report from the President and CEO; invitations to Leadership Giving events; discount on rental facilities; a commemorative gift

Presidential Circle Giving

  • Emily Pancake Smith Circle-$5,000 and above- To honor her service in preserving The Manse, President Wilson’s Birthplace, and leading the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation for three decades
  • Dolores Lescure Circle-$5,000 and above- To honor her service in establishing the Woodrow Wilson Museum and leading the Foundation, to national prominence, for more than twenty years
  • Arthur S. Link Circle-$5,000 and above- To honor his many years of research and writing as the preeminent Woodrow Wilson scholar and his service as Honorary President of this Foundation
  • Woodrow Wilson Circle-$5,000 and above- For those who do not have a connection to the above legendary figures in the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation, yet still wish to invest in the Presidential Library's future.

All Presidential Circle members receive the Leadership Giving benefits, plus: special tours led by library and museum staff; free admission to educational programs, symposia, and special events; reserved seating at programs; preview of new exhibits and openings; invitation to annual Presidential Circle reception; special commemorative gifts

 

All donors who have given $50,000 or more cumulatively over the years automatically qualify for Life Membership and are entitled to Presidential Circle benefits.

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To download the League of Friends brochure and mail your donation to the WWPL, please click here.