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Members receive unlimited free admission to the Museum and invitations to educational events, workshops, programs, and member-only exhibit previews. Additional benefits include 10% discounts at the Museum gift shop. Accompanying guests receive a 20% discount on admission rates. Members also receive discounted admission and memberships at other partner institutions.
As part of our Reading Across Turtle Island initiative, guests who become a first-time member of the Pequot Museum will receive a complimentary children’s book with the purchase of a Tahshayooôk [Tah-shy-oo-ONK]: Family Membership.
If I am renewing or upgrading my membership from many years ago, do I qualify for this promotion?
No, guest who had a previous membership to the museum that was not a “Family Membership” are applicable for this promotion. The promotion is valid for ‘first time” members only, regardless of membership level.
If I purchase my Family membership online, how do I receive my book?
Books must be redeemed in person. We encourage you to bring a copy of your receipt to the museum front desk at the main entrance during hours of operation to redeem.
Thank you to the support from the Chelsea Groton Foundation to make these books available to support our Wetu Book Club & Wetu Book Club Jr. programming
Neetôp [Nee-TONP]: Friend – $60
Membership for 1 adult
Nees Neetôpáwak [Nees Nee-ton-PA A-wak]: Two Friends – $80
Membership for 2 adults
Tahshayooôk [Tah-shy-oo-ONK]: Family – $100
Membership for 2 adults & up to 4 children under the age of 18
áskootashq [Aas-koo-tash-qua]: Squash – $250
All of the benefits of a Tahshayooôk membership; 6 guest passes
mushquseetash [mush-qua-see-TASH]: Beans – $500
All the benefits of a áskootashq membership, 8 Free Guest Passes; & invitations to special programs, artist meet-and-greets.
Weewáchum [Wee-WAA-chum]: Maize – $1,000
All the benefits of a mushquseetash membership; 12 Free Guest Passes; invitations to special programs, artist meet-and-greets, VIP Directors’ tours, & more!
The Museum Pass Program provides library patrons opportunities to visit the Mashantucket Pequot Museum &Research Center year round and receive special discounts.
Questions, comments? We’d love to hear from you! Call the Membership Office at (860) 396–6890 or [email protected].
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Reading Across Turtle Island is an initiative of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum to promote literacy and awareness of indigenous culture and authors through identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in today’s information-rich and fast-changing world.
To encourage indigenous and non-indigenous communities to support and create awareness of the rich culture of tribal communities across Turtle Island through traditional and modern-day forms of storytelling and sharing.
Turtle Island is an Indigenous name for North America. The name comes from various Indigenous oral histories that tell stories of a turtle that holds the world on its back, based on a creation story common to many Indigenous peoples of the northeastern woodlands of North America.
In many Indigenous cultures, the turtle is considered a symbol of life, and the story of Turtle Island consequently speaks to various spiritual and cultural beliefs.
The Wetu Book Club Jr. is provided by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center as an effort to celebrate indigenous culture, promote reading and highlight books written by Native American authors, as well as crafts and programs from all over Turtle Island.
