Member Events

All Members

Member Appreciation Events and Programs

These opportunities to engage with VMFA are open to all current museum members.

Member Appreciation Nights | Frida: Beyond the Myth

Wednesdays | 5–9 pm
Apr 9–Sep 24, 2025
Free; tickets required

Join us Wednesday nights when VMFA members and their guests can enjoy special access to Frida: Beyond the Myth. Single-cardholder members may reserve one free guest ticket each week and dual-cardholder members may reserve two tickets.

Admission to the exhibition during Member Appreciation Nights is free for VMFA Members and guests only. The opportunity for exclusive priority booking for VMFA members begins Jan 1, 2025. Advance reservations strongly recommended.

Prices
Free for Member
Free for Member Child (under 18)
Free for Member Guest (max 2 tickets)

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Friends Circle

VMFA Circle Lectures

Open to members at the Friends Circle level, the VMFA Circle Lecture Series features speakers sharing their expertise on a variety of topics in the art world as they relate to VMFA’s permanent collection and special exhibitions.

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VMFA Circle Lecture Series | Meike Hoffmann

Thu, Jun 12, 6 pm | Leslie Cheek Theater
Tracing the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection
with Dr. Meike Hoffmann, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany 

Dr. Meike Hoffmann has written widely on the fate of modern art under the National Socialist regime, including Hitler’s Art Dealer: Hildebrand Gurlitt. At Freie Universität, she leads a provenance research program that engages students in ambitious projects such as contributing to an extensive database of art confiscated from German museums in the 1930s as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign. Hoffmann recently collaborated with VMFA’s Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, to teach a seminar focused on finding lost works from the original Ludwig and Rosy Fischer collection of German Expressionist art, of which VMFA’s extraordinary portion of 200+ works comprises less than half.

The VMFA Circle Lecture Series is open to all members beginning at the Friends Circle level. This program will be offered in person and virtually, via Zoom. Click here to register for the livestream.

Modernism’s Ambivalences: Charles Ethan Porter’s “Chrysanthemums”, c. 1881

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Cocktails with a Curator

This virtual program series is a special offering for VMFA members beginning at the Friends Circle level. We hope you will join us for a virtual cocktail and live Q&A with a museum curator.

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Supporters Circle

Curator’s Choice

Curator’s Choice programs are a benefit for members beginning at the Supporters Circle level. We invite you to engage with the museum’s encyclopedic permanent collection and nourish your passion for art through exciting programs designed by the museum’s curatorial staff. These unique opportunities promise to provide the latest information about curatorial collecting strategies, care of the collections, and more!

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Partners Circle

In addition to the option to bring four guests per visit to special ticketed exhibitions, at no charge, members beginning at the Partners Circle may elect to join Canvas.

Canvas Programs

In addition to all the benefits of their chosen level of membership, Canvas members receive invitations to two exclusive Canvas events per year, a quarterly online Canvas newsletter, and the opportunity to learn about and lend support to the museum’s newest initiatives and most urgent needs.

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Patrons Society

Leadership Programs

Leadership Giving Society members provide vital ongoing philanthropic support to advance the museum’s mission. The following opportunities, including opening-night preview events, are available to all Leadership Giving Society members, beginning at the Patrons Society level.

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Fellows Society+

Fellows Programs

VMFA is delighted to offer Fellows Programs as a benefit for members beginning at the Fellows Society level. This special series of programs will provide high-level, exclusive access to the work of VMFA curators, thought leaders, and museum-field experts.

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Leadership Programs

Leadership Giving Society members provide vital ongoing philanthropic support to advance the museum’s mission. The following opportunities, including opening-night preview events, are available to all Leadership Giving Society members, beginning at the Patrons Society level.

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