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Membership

Your support makes a difference

Generous people like you are playing a vital role in building a stronger, more ambitious museum. You are protecting a vibrant centre for art and culture that draws visitors from around the world and remains proudly rooted in the heart of Suffolk. Your membership delivers world-class exhibitions, learning programmes, outreach work, and exciting events. You are also caring for our Grade I-listed historic house and our award-winning modern extension, ensuring Gainsborough’s House thrives for future generations.

We offer a range of annual membership levels, please join us in our mission. For Direct Debit (DD) rates, please contact mail@gainsborough.org 

Once you become a Member of Gainsborough’s House, you can visit us whenever you like! Membership card(s) are usually posted within three weeks.

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Become a Member

As a Member, you will enjoy:

  • Free entry to exhibitions
  • Free entry to collection & historic house
  • Invitation to our Annual Garden Party
  • Invitation to Member exhibition previews

Single Member £45 (£40 DD)
Joint Members* £65 (£60 DD)

*Joint Members = 2 named members living at the same address

Become a Member

Become an Under 25 Member

If you are visiting the gallery and redeem free admission as an Under 25 (student 18–25), you will be enrolled to our free Under 25’s membership.

  • Free entry to exhibitions
  • Free entry to collection & historic house
  • Invitation to our Annual Garden Party
  • Invitation to Member exhibition previews

Redeemed FREE with valid Under 25 admission at Reception

Become a Member Plus

As a Member Plus, you will enjoy:

  • Free entry to exhibitions
  • Free entry to the collection & historic house
  • Invitation to our annual garden party
  • Invitations to Member exhibition previews
  • Free Breakfast Tours
  • Bring a guest to exhibitions for free
  • Priority booking for events, tours, talks and lectures

Single Member Plus £100 (£95 DD)
Joint Members Plus* £150 (£145 DD)

*Joint Members Plus = 2 named members living at the same address

Become a Member Plus

Become a Print Workshop Member

Enjoy 12 months of the following benefits:

  • Induction to the Print Workshop
  • 10% discount for introduction to printmaking workshops with inhouse specialist staff
  • An Annual Exhibition (offsite)
  • Prints sold in the shop & cafe
  • Two membership socials a year 
  • Digital network and creative spotlights on Instagram and TikTok
  • Monthly newsletter spotlighting local creativity and what is happening in the studio
  • Tuesday – Saturday opening hours
  • Includes £45 annual Gainsborough’s House Friend membership
  • Access to print equipment such as a Britannia relief press, an Albion relief press, an HPL etching press, a Takach direct lithography press, aquatint booth, etching facilities, screen print facilities, an Adana press and traditional wooden letterpress type.
  • Includes printmaking basics such as scrim and selected ink, specialist materials can be purchased onsite.

Basic Membership
£125 joining fee, £10 per half day | £20 per full day

Unlimited Membership
£395 fixed fee

Become a PWS Member

Become a Patron

Becoming a Patron at Gainsborough’s House promotes culture in so many ways. By supporting the museum you are helping us to stage the world-class exhibitions and events of which we are so proud. You are helping us to support our staff, to maintain our Grade I-listed historic house as well as the splendid, 2022 extension, and enabling us to grow our activities and outreach programmes. And you are helping us to make Sudbury a regional, national and international centre for the arts – one which consistently proves that you don’t have to go to London to see great art.

Remember that, like many of the UK’s museums, only a quarter of our income comes from ticket sales. As a result, we rely enormously on the generosity of private individuals. So please, become a Patron today. Without our Patrons’ support, we simply wouldn’t be where we are today, and certainly wouldn’t be able to achieve all of the impressive things we are currently planning.

At Gainsborough’s House, your help will make a crucial difference.

For further details on becoming a Patron or Mulberry Patron of Gainsborough’s House, please contact patrons@gainsborough.org or 01787 372958

Become a Patron

As a Patron you will enjoy:

  • A variety of exclusive trips to museums and collections
  • Opportunity to join international Art Trips (additional cost applies)
  • Invitations to Patron Private Views
  • Complimentary exhibition catalogue for our temporary exhibitions
  • Invitations to informal lunches to meet other Patrons

Patron £500 (£495 DD)
Joint Patrons* £650 (£645 DD)

*Joint Patrons = 2 named patrons living at the same address

Become a Patron

Become a Mulberry Patron

As a Mulberry Patron you will enjoy:

  • A variety of exclusive trips to museums and collections
  • Opportunity to join international Art Trips (additional cost applies)
  • Invitations to Patron Private Views
  • Complimentary exhibition catalogue for our temporary exhibitions
  • Invitations to informal lunches to meet other Patrons
  • An annual dinner
  • Behind-the-scenes tour

Mulberry Patron £1,000 (£995 DD)
Joint Mulberry Patrons £1,500 (£1,495 DD)

*Joint Mulberry Patrons = 2 named patrons living at the same address

Become a Mulberry Patron