2025 Guild Membership
Become a member of ABM’s Museum Guild
Members of the ABM Museum Guild are essential partners in telling the story of the book. Your purchase or renewal of an annual membership allows the only bookbinding museum in North America to preserve the history of western bookbinding and offer mission-driven programming and exhibits throughout the year. Review the Guild levels below to find your ideal member level and fill out the form below to “Become a Member” today!
Questions about becoming a member? Contact our Membership Team at membership@bookbindersmuseum.org.
Member Levels
Book Lover – $25 ($10 TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)
- One Admission Ticket (Redeemable for Museum Admission, In-Person or Virtual Lectures)
- 10% off Museum Shop Purchases
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Apprentice – $50 ($24 TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)
- One Admission Ticket (Redeemable for Museum Admission, In-Person or Virtual Lectures)
- 10% off Museum Shop Purchases
- 10% off group docent tour (5+ people)
- ABM Pin, Patch, and Sticker
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Journeyman – $100 ($52.05 TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)
- Two Admission Tickets (Redeemable for Museum Admission, In-Person or Virtual Lectures)
- 10% off Museum Shop Purchases
- 10% off group docent tour (5+ people)
- ABM Playing Cards
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Master – $250 ($175 TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)
- Free admission year round for member (Redeemable for Museum Admission, In-Person or Virtual Lectures)
- Free accompanied youth admission (under the age of 17)
- 10% off group docent tour (5+ people)
- 10% off Museum Shop Purchases
- Handprinted Edition of William Lyon Phelps’s The Pleasure of Books
- This broadside is typeset in Weiss, designed by Emil Rudolf Weiß and printed by hand on Zerkall-bütten, mould-made in Germany, using a Vandercook Universal I cylinder press. Measuring 5 ¾ by 11 inches.
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Grand Master – $500 ($380 TAX-DEDUCTIBLE)
- Free admission year round for member (Redeemable for Museum Admission, In-Person or Virtual Lectures)
- Free accompanied youth admission (under the age of 17)
- Free access to ABM’s archive of recorded webinars
- 10% off group docent tour (5+ people)
- 10% off Museum Shop Purchases
- Handprinted Edition of Toni Morrison’s lecture upon receiving the Nobel Prize, about the importance of caring for words.
- This print is typeset in 11-point Centuar, printed by hand on Cotton Flurry using a Vandercook Universal I, and bound in Suminagashi-style wrappers. The text is accompanied by Elizabeth Catlett’s gripping woodblock illustrations. Measuring 6 by 9 inches.