About HCHS Membership
Click on a membership level to learn more about cost and benefits.
Student Membership
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Student Membership ($15)
The following benefits apply to students K-12 and college students with identification.- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
Individual Membership
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Individual Membership ($40)
- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
Gift Membership
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Gift Membership (New Memberships Only) ($40)
- HCHS logo car magnet - a $40 value
- Choice of a free Arcadia publishing Images of America book - a $20 value
- A full color 24” X 20” print of and key to Sachse’s Panoramic View of the Scenery on the Patapsco, Ellicott Mills, MD, 1859 – a $15 value.
- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
Family Membership
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Family Membership ($60)
The following benefits apply to up to two adults plus all children under 18 in the household.- Advance notice of children's education programs.
- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
Bronze Membership
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Bronze Membership ($100)
- One print from our collection
- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
Silver Membership
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Silver Membership ($250)
- Museum wine and cheese tour for five people.
- Your choice of a framed print from our photo collection
- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
Gold Membership
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Gold Membership ($500)
- Use the Howard County Historical Society Museum for one evening for an event for up to 60 people. (300 dollar fee is waived)
- Behind-the-scenes wine and cheese evening tour of the museum for ten people led by Executive Director Shawn Gladden.
- Free research services (copies and postage not included)
- Free copies of Marriage Licenses if you visit the HCHS Research Library
- Half-price ($5) copies of Marriage Licenses for mail-in requests
- Discounted admission to paid HCHS programs and events, including the
- Holiday Home Tour, Antique Appraisal Fair, Public Programs Series, etc.
- Free concert tickets available to all members on first come, first serve basis
- Invitations to annual members only events
- 10% discount on all publications and gift shop items
- 15% discount on all HCHS logo items
- Quarterly newsletter, The Legacy, available in print or via email
- Monthly e-newsletter
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Did You Know?
Almira Lincoln Phelps became the principal of the Patapsco Female Institute and enrollment soared to 300 young ladies in 1841.
Our membership special: $65 gets a Family Membership to the Historical Society and a choice of these books (while supplies last): Images of America: Columbia, Ellicott City, Catonsville, or Howard County, or America’s First Factory Town. An $85 value!