About MA Membership

Membership is open to museums and galleries, their staff and volunteers, museum sector providers, museum retirees and students undertaking museum related study.  There are several different types of membership, each with their own benefits.  These are outlined below.

All types and categories of membership allow access to National Networks and maNexus.

For a full list of membership benefits click here.

Individual Members
Institutional Members
Associates
 

Individual Membership

 All prices include GST.

* Concession category is only available to full-time students, pensioners, retirees, unemployed, volunteers and non-paid professionals

Individual membership of Museums Australia is open to individuals that support the objects of the Association and the Association's Code of Ethics who do not deal (buy and sell for profit) cultual property.

The following table illustrates some of the different benefits offered to Gold and Silver members.

Institutional Membership

Institutional membership has all the benefits of a Gold Individual Member (see table above).  Institutional membership categories are based on the number of people employed by the organisation.

Organisations that have no employees or are run purely by volunteers, are classified as 'Org 1'.

Category		Regular Fee
Org 1	Volunteers to 1 paid staff	$121
Org 2	2 to 5 staff	$176
Org 3	6 to 15 staff	$264
Org 4	16 to 25 staff	$462
Org 5	26 to 40 staff	$869
Org 6	41 to 100 staff	$2145
Org 7	Over 100 staff	$3465

All prices include GST.

Associate of Museums Australia

An Associate category has been introduced to enable interested people, who are not directly involved in the museum sector, to join and participate in the activities of Museums Australia's National Networks.

To be eligible to become an Associate of MA you must conform to all four of the below criteria.

Individuals are eligible to become Associates of Museum Australia if they:

• are not involved in the museum sector, or where otherwise qualify for membership are unable to participate in all of the benefits of membership because they reside overseas,
• support the objects of Museums Australia,
• support the Code of Ethics of Museums Australia,
• are, or wish to become, involved in the operations of a MA National Network through their employment, volunteering, studies or interests

An MA member of the National Network(s) that the potential Associate wishes to join should endorse the application.

	Regular Fee	Concession *
Associate Fee	$44	$22

 

As an association of Museums Australia, you will be entitled to the following benefits:

* Where approved by the National Council