Museum Partners
VMFA Invites Your Institution to Become a Museum Partner!
This partner category includes museums and art centers, college and university museums, and galleries with VMFA-compliant security and environmental controls.
How to Become a Museum Partner
You can print and fill out a membership form and return it to VMFA with your $25 fee. This form is a PDF file requiring Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. The use of the following notation after organization’s official name, “A Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,” is recommended for purposes of reflecting the partnership between the institution and VMFA.
Museum Partner Benefits
Exhibitions(Free)*
Ready-to-hang traveling exhibitions are available. They feature original works by historic and contemporary artists— many of them Virginians—or image panels that explore diverse cultures and topics that complement Virginia’s Standards of Learning objectives.
* Shipping charges may apply.
Media Resources(Free)
With the largest art-related audiovisual loan collection of any museum in the country, VMFA provides statewide access to over 2,000 DVDs, CD-ROMs, videotapes, films, educational discovery kits, and posters.
Artist Workshops(Partner Discount)
Intensive master classes in the visual and performing arts allow children and adults to work closely with professional artists of state, regional, and national reputation.
Speakers on the Arts(Partner Discount)
This lecture series features curators, educators, and art historians who share their expertise on a wide variety of exciting and informative topics with adult audiences statewide.
Educator Workshops (Partner Discount)
Information-packed workshops show educators how to use works of art to teach Virginia’s Standards of Learning objectives across the school curriculum.
Fellowship Opportunities (Free)
Privately endowed financial awards are made annually to professional, graduate and undergraduate Virginia artists.
Technical Assistance(Free)
VMFA’s expert staff provides professional consultation on an array of museum subjects.
Publications (Free)
Museum Partners receive a subscription to VMFA's quarterly magazine, "My VMFA"; program promotional materials, press kits, etc.; and opportunities for publicity on the Statewide Calendar section of the VMFA website.
Link to your website(Free)
Your institution will be included on VMFA's listing of statewide partners with a link to your website.
For more information, phone Jeffrey W. Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator, at 804.204.2671, fax at 804.204.2675, e-mail jeffrey.allison@vmfa.museum, or write to:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Attn: Jeffrey Allison
200 N. Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007