Membership Benefits

Museum Membership Benefits

As an independent Museum and registered charity that receives no government funding, our Museum Memberships help provides around 10% of the Museum’s annual income which helps provide us with the vital financial stability required to support the Museums conservation aims and objectives.

With so many and varied activities and the changing seasons to enjoy here at the Museum, there is so much to enjoy all year round. Our Museum Membership pays for itself in just three visits and is a fantastic way to support the Museum and our conservation work!

Our Membership benefits include:

• Standard daytime admission to the Museum
• Our varied programme of weekend events and activities
• Our seasonal programme of school holiday activities
• Priority booking on our ticketed events*
• 10% discount in the Waterside café and shop
• 10% discount on admission tickets for guests when visiting with you
• 10% discount on our varied After Hours programme
• 10% discount on tickets to our Christmas Market weekend*
• Quarterly Members Moment events
• Members Only events – (please note these are new and currently being planned).
• Members Communications

*events that are ticketed and pre-book only will have limited tickets available, this includes our Christmas Market weekend.

Events and activities that are included in a Museum membership are identified with the following membership icon:

Members Events

NEW for 2026 we are hosting our Members Moments, these events are an opportunity for members to come and meet other likeminded members, meet some of the Museum team and hear updates from our Museum Director.

We are busy working on other Members only events, which we will launch on our special Members Events page later in the year.

Members Communications

For all our members who have provided us with their email address, we send out a monthly ‘Newsbite’ communication which provides updates on the Museums events and activities, along with any special members events or discounts.

Not receiving your members communications?

If you have not received your members e-Newsbite, please do check your junk/spam box as sometimes your email provider settings can often file our email communications in there. When you find it, please tell your email application that it is not junk/spam and then it will show in your inbox from then on.

If you cannot find an email, please pop an email to membership@wealddown.co.uk with the tile ‘Member email sign up’ and we will make sure your email address is correct on our system.

For members who do not have an email, we send a quarterly printed Newsbite, which comes out in March, June, July and December. We ask that we only send these to members who do not have an email or access to the internet to help us keep costs down and be more sustainable. If we do not currently have your email and you would prefer a monthly email, please email as above to get your email added to the mailing list.

How to Join

You can purchase a membership to the Museum membership when you visit our Museum, or on our website.

If you are not sure if you would like an annual membership, you can visit us first!

If you purchase a ticket to our Museum you can come for your first visit and then decide when you are at the Museum.

If you become a member during your visit – you can save 40% on our annual membership plans on presentation of your ticket at our admissions desk in the Museum shop.

You will be presented with your Museum membership pack, containing your membership information along with your Membership card.

Want to spread the cost?

If you would like to spread the cost of your membership over the 12 months, you can take out one of our Direct Debit membership plans, which by setting up the continuous payment you can save approximately 10% on our annual plan prices.

Direct Debit memberships can only be purchased in advance online, and you need to allow approximately 10 working days for the first payment to be received and your membership pack to be sent out.

Please note that our Museum memberships are non-transferrable. They can only be used by the person named on the membership and can’t be changed. This applies to all membership plans.