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Dear Friends,

The Riley County Historical Society is grateful for your support as a member. We hope that you will choose to become a new member or renew your membership in the Society for 2024. For more than 100 years, the Riley County Historical Society has worked to collect, preserve, and present the history of Riley County an Kansas. We hope that you will help us to continue to do this work in the future. 

Thank you for your continued help and support.

Sincerely,


Debbi Thompson, RCHS Board President                
Margaret Pendelton, Membership Secretary 

Individual / Family Annual Member Rates & Benefits

Friend ($10 to $49)

  • one individual membership 
  • exclusive invitations to RCHS hosted events and programs
  • annual subscription for the RCHS newsletter
  • free admission to the Riley County Historical Museum, the Wolf House Museum, the Goodnow House State Historic Site, and other RCHS operated properties
  • membership to the Time Travelers Reciprocal Membership (free/discounted admission to dozens of regional museums!) http://timetravelers.mohistory.org/institutions/

Join as a Friend

Patron ($50 to $99)

  • one individual membership 
  • exclusive invitations to RCHS hosted events and programs
  • annual subscription for the RCHS newsletter
  • free admission to the Riley County Historical Museum, the Wolf House Museum, the Goodnow House State Historic Site, and other RCHS operated properties
  • membership to the Time Travelers Reciprocal Membership (free/discounted admission to dozens of regional museums!) http://timetravelers.mohistory.org/institutions/

Join as a Patron

Family ($100)

  • membership for all members of household
  • all benefits above 
  • membership to the North American Museum Reciprocal (NARM) (free/discounted admission to hundreds of history, arts, and culture museums across the US & Canada!) https://narmassociation.org/members/ 

Join as a Family

Benefactor ($100 or higher)

  • membership for two named individuals
  • all benefits above

Join as a Benefector

Click here to download a printable membership form

If you prefer to pay by check, please send the above form along with your payment to RCHS, 2309 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502, or better yet, deliver it to the Museum and visit the exhibits!

RCHS membership runs from January 1 to December 31 annually.

Donations to the Riley County Historical Society (a 501(c)3 organization) may be tax deductible.