Both memberships also include...

• Priority and free entry

  Access to all RA exhibitions with a family guest.

  Please note, you must show a membership card along with a valid ID (such as a driving licence, bank or credit card) at the gallery entrance. We’ll check your ID in order to ensure Friends have the best experience possible. Membership is non-transferable.

• Priority booking and news

  Stay in the know about the latest events through the magazine and Friends enews.

• Friends exclusive private views

  View exhibitions ahead of opening and away from the crowds.

• Exclusive Friends events

  Discover, learn and experience with Friends events, talks and workshops.

• 10% discount in the RA Shop

  Exclusive 10% savings when you shop in-store or online at the RA Shop*.

  *subject to terms and conditions.

• All-day access to the Keeper's House

  A café, restaurant, bar and garden for Friends to enjoy in the heart of Mayfair.

Celebrate our anniversary year with us

• Get exclusive early access to the New RA

  As an RA250 Friend or Supporter, you’ll be among the first to enjoy our beautiful new buildings. Masterminded by David Chipperfield RA, the redevelopment of our historic site will create 70% more space for our Friends and visitors. You’ll be able to explore a brand-new suite of galleries showing even more world-class exhibitions, and enjoy treasures from the RA Collection on display for the first time.

  We’ve also renewed our commitment to architecture, with dedicated year-round spaces, extended programming, and a major architecture exhibition every year.

• Join the debate

  A spectacular lecture theatre with 260 seats will affirm the RA’s role as a centre for debate. All of our supporters will be invited to join us for an exciting new series of events, as we invite notable guests from both the arts and sciences to host lectures, roundtables and discussions. RA250 Supporters will also join us for a special event in the new theatre to celebrate our anniversary.

  A new Clore Learning Centre will help to engage school and community groups, children and families in the making of art.

  We’ll also have more space for our own postgraduate art students to present their work, with dedicated galleries for RA Schools exhibitions and displays.

• See behind closed doors

  Joining together our two sites at Burlington Gardens and Burlington House provides access to parts of the RA formerly hidden from public view, including the remarkable Cast Corridor, designed by Sydney Smirke RA.

  A series of displays and interventions throughout the two sites, curated by Royal Academicians, will help to bring our 250-year history to life.

  As an RA250 Friend or Supporter, you will be joining us to celebrate our birthday in style – as well as helping lay the foundations for the next 250 years of art at the RA. Thank you for your continued support.