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Benefits of Membership

Your membership in the McHenry County Historical Society is always welcome and appreciated! Besides the knowledge that you are joining the efforts to shape the future of this county without forgetting its past, you enjoy excellent member benefits:

• Free admission to the McHenry County Historical Museum

• Business memberships receive free family passes to the McHenry County Historical Museum;

• Free use of the McHenry County Historical Society's Research Library;

• Mailings of the McHenry County Historical Society's local history quarterly, The Tracer, and the Society's Page. Each are published quarterly.

• Reduced rates for special programs.

• Members save 10 percent on all Museum Store purchases.

To join, Download Application PDF, or use Paypal links below.

Individual and Family Memberships

• Free admission to the Museum.

• 10% off purchases in the Museum Store.

• Free use of the Research Library.

• Subscriptions to the Society's Page newsletter and The Tracer a quarterly magazine.

• Reduced rates for special programming throughout the year. 

• Two Museum guest passes a year.

• Automatic access to a free reciprocal membership network for historical museums, sites, and societies throughout the United States through the Time Travelers program.

Organizational Memberships

Organizational Basic:

• Free admission to the museum *.
• Free use of the Research Library *.
• Subscriptions to our local history magazine, The Tracer, and Society's Page, published several times a year.
• 10 percent discount on a Speakers' Bureau program.

Organizational Deluxe:

• Free admission to the museum *.
• Free use of the Research Library *.
• 10 percent discount on a Speakers' Bureau program.
• 10 percent off purchases from the Museum Store.
• Subscriptions to our local history magazine, The Tracer, and Society's Page, published several times a year.

Governmental Memberships

This membership comes with many benefits for your township, including:

• Free admission for your residents for one designated week throughout the year (to be printed in the museum schedule).

• Free field trip admissions for students whose schools are located in your jurisdiction, including use of the West Harmony one-room schoolhouse and the museum. (Otherwise $3/student charge)

• Half off in-school museum programs

• Governmental use of the Research Library for local history or land-use research.