Why Become a Member of the Des Moines Art Center?

Enjoy Exclusive Benefits

Members enjoy exclusive benefits, discounts, and exciting behind-the-scenes experiences.

Help Inspire Others Through Art

Membership supports free Art Center programming with over 40 organizations and schools.

Connect With The Community

Members are part of a community that loves making deep connections to art.

Support Free Admission

Financial support through membership helps keep the Art Center free and accessible to everyone, every day.

We are pleased to provide all members with a variety of benefits:

  • 20% discount for studio classes, camps, and workshops
  • 10% discount in the Museum Shop + double discounts four times a year
  • Opportunity to join member groups—Art Noir and Print Club, each group hosts four events a year
  • Invitation to annual member social
  • Day-trip travel opportunities with Art Center’s Member Travel Program
  • Eligibility to participate in My Museum Monday
  • Receive the monthly Membership Matters digital newsletter from the John and Mary Pappajohn Director
  • Mailed invitation to exhibition openings
  • Subscription to Art Center printed newsletter
  • Digital Membership Card goes where you go!
  • Opportunity to attend a Membership Orientation and tour
  • Early notification for studio classes, camps, and workshop registration dates

Membership Levels

Individual

Dual/Household

Ambassador

Influencer

Select a Membership Level

Select your preferred membership level to join or renew your existing membership.

Starting at
$50
per year
Starting at
$75
per year
Starting at
$250
per year

Member Benefits

Discover + Save
Begin exploring all the Art Center has to offer with discounts, events, opportunities to travel, and more.

Make It a Party
Extend your benefits to one other primary member, dependents living in your household, and grandchildren.

Let’s Travel
Travel-loving museum goers will enjoy free or discounted admission and membership perks to over 1,200 museums across America.

Gain Access with Salon 4700
Connect with members and artists through member group Salon 4700, and receive recognition in the Des Moines Art Center Annual Report.

Additional Membership Levels

Individual

Starting at
$50
per year

Discover + Save
Begin exploring all the Art Center has to offer with discounts, events, opportunities to travel, and more.

Dual/Household

Starting at
$75
per year

Everything at Individual level plus…

Make It a Party
Extend your benefits to one other primary member, dependents living in your household, and grandchildren.

Ambassador

Starting at
$140
per year

Everything at Dual/Household level plus…

Let’s Travel
Travel-loving museum goers will enjoy free or discounted admission and membership perks to over 1,200 museums across America.

Influencer

Starting at
$250
per year

Everything at Ambassador level plus…

Gain Access with Salon 4700
Connect with members and artists through member group Salon 4700, and receive recognition in the Des Moines Art Center Annual Report.

Curator's Circle

Starting at
$550
per year

Everything at Influencer level plus…

Provide critical support to the museum, exhibitions, and collections while enjoying intimate events with curators and the John and Mary Pappajohn Director.

Philanthropic Circle

Starting at
$1,250
per year

Everything at Curator’s Circle level plus…

Contribute to Des Moines vibrant cultural landscape. Invest in the future of contemporary art and receive the first invitation to travel internationally with the John and Mary Pappajohn Director.

Join a Member Group

Art Noir

Art Noir hosts four unconventional and lively events throughout the year, offering new and creative ways to interact with the art around us. This group invites emerging professionals (ages 21-40) to share their passion for arts and culture.

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Print Club

Print Club encourages the study and appreciation of fine prints. Print Club members have the opportunity to directly enhance the Art Center’s collections with gifts of prints and the conservation of works in the collections.

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Salon 4700

Salon 4700 provides in-depth engagement with the art and artists of our time, while fostering collaboration and sparking meaning conversations. Participants can expect to learn and engage with artists, visionary community members, and other members of the Art Center.

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Frequently Asked Membership Questions

Benefits

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