Membership

Be at the heart of it

Membership is the best value way to enjoy Thackray all year round.

With Membership starting at just £20 per year, you can visit the museum as many times as you like and know that you’re protecting our future.

As a charity, your Membership will be a vital source of income that helps keep this museum alive.

As a Member, you will help make it possible for us provide free access to disadvantaged people, deliver our education programme to 14,000+ school children every year and care for our 166-year-old building.

Thackray Membership is made possible with the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Exclusive Member benefits

For less than £1.70 per month

  • Free entry all year – Visit us twice a year and your membership has already paid for itself

  • Priority booking for Thackray Lates, Thackray Insights, talks and tours

  • Exclusive member events and offers

  • Newsletters for members-only

Choose your Membership

Useful information

Your Membership card

Membership cards are collection only. Our Membership team will email you when your card is ready to collect from Thackray Museum of Medicine.

Please allow up to 5 working days for your collection notification to arrive. We will hold your card for 10 months.

In the meantime, your membership is still active for priority booking and visiting the museum. All you need is your confirmation email and proof of ID.

Booking and priority booking

You don’t have to pre-book to visit us, but we do recommend that you do.

Members will be contacted by the Membership Team and given early access to book their tickets to Thackray lates, Insights, talks, tours and selected holiday events.

Cancelling, refunds and card replacements

Annual membership subscriptions are non-refundable.

If you change your mind or decide you do not want to continue the Membership you can cancel your membership order within 14 days of the date you joined, but only if you have not used any of the membership benefits. If you cancel your membership within 14 days, we will refund any payments.

If your membership card is lost or damaged, we will replace it for a small administrative fee. Email us at [email protected] and our Membership team will be in touch when your card is ready to collect.

Gift aid

When you buy a membership, your purchase is eligible for Gift Aid, meaning we can claim an extra 25p from the Government for every £1 you spend, and it will not cost you any extra. Through your Gift Aid donation, you will be helping support our mission to inspire people with the passion and purpose of medicine and healthcare of the past, present and future.

Previous annual pass holders

If already have a previous annual pass, you can still use this for museum entry until your pass expires. Museum entry tickets bought from 31st May 2024 to 1st June 2025 will still be valid for one year from the date of purchase.

Upgrade to Membership

If you’ve already visited us, you can still upgrade your ticket to become a Member. If you sign up within 14 days of your visit, we’ll take the price of your day ticket off the Membership fee.

]Just pop into the museum and we can set it all up for you. Alternatively, you can buy a Membership online and send the details of your original tickets to [email protected], and we’ll refund your original ticket.

Thackray Local Membership

We want everyone to feel like they can come to the museum and enjoy the story of medicine, after all, it affects every one of us!

As part of that commitment, we offer a £5 Thackray local Membership to anyone who lives in Harehills. View a full list of eligible postcodes.

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