About HCHS Membership

Student Membership ($15)

• 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
• Free admission to our Lunch Lecture Series events
• 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
• Access to our entire research database via the Membership Portal on the HCHS website

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
• Free admission to our Lunch Lecture Series events
• 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
• Access to our entire research database via the Membership Portal on the HCHS website

Family Membership ($60)

Bronze Membership ($100)

• One free admission to one of our EC History Walking Tours ($18 value per ticket)
• One color print of the Martenet 1860 map, “Map of Howard County, Maryland: Drawn Entirely from Actual Surveys”
• One color print of the Sachse map, circa 1859, “Panoramic View of the Scenery on the Patapsco”

Silver Membership ($250)

• One free admission to our History Bus Tours ($60 value per ticket)
• The book, “Patapsco: Life along Maryland's Historic River Valley” by Alison Kahn
• The book, “Jim Clark: Soldier, Farmer, Legislator. A Memoir by James Clark, Jr.”

Gold Membership ($500)

• Use the Howard County Historical Society Museum for one evening for an event (3 hours maximum) for up to 60 people at no charge
• The book, “Farms Never to be Forgotten: A Glimpse into the Changing Pastoral Landscape of Howard County, Maryland: Paintings, Prose & Poetry” by Shyami Codippily