Member Events
As a Contributing Member, you’ll receive complimentary tickets and invitations to exclusive, behind-the-scenes tours and private receptions. Click here to see a calendar of upcoming events.
Members of the Contributing Membership community have recently enjoyed these special opportunities:
July 2008 – Star-Spangled Banner Lecture
Members at the Curator level and above were invited to attend a lecture on the Star-Spangled Banner
by James Gardner, Associate Director of the National
Museum of American History, Behring Center. Dr. Gardner, spoke about the dynamic history of the Star
Spangled Banner. Additionally, members were given a sneak peak of the renovation progress of the
central core of the museum.
May 2008 – New Members Reception
Smithsonian Contributing Members at the Sponsor level and above
who joined this year were invited to a new members’ reception in the
Smithsonian Castle. Members were given the opportunity to learn about the history of the Castle and
Enid A. Haupt Garden with tours by Curator Rick Stamm and Horticulturist Diana Bramble.
February 2008 – Butterfly Pavilion
Less then a week after its opening, members had the special
opportunity of an after-hours visit to the new exhibition Butterflies +
Plants: Partners in Evolution at the National Museum of Natural
History. Though it was snowing outside, it was balmy in the specially-designed pavilion, home to dozens of butterflies.
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