Free or discounted entry for members of NARM.
George Eastman Museum
About this place
The George Eastman Museum is located in Rochester, New York, on the estate of George Eastman, the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film. Founded in 1947 as an independent nonprofit institution, it is the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the oldest film archives. The museum holds unparalleled collections—encompassing several million objects—in the fields of photography, cinema, and photographic and cinematographic technology, and photographically illustrated books. The institution is also a longtime leader in film preservation and photographic conservation. There is always something new and different to engage, educate, or entertain you at the Eastman Museum: At all times, at least three temporary exhibitions on photography and cinema in the main exhibition galleries, the Project Gallery for contemporary works, the new Gallery Obscura, the Collection Gallery, and on the second floor of the mansion George Eastman’s historic mansion and gardens , where one can see how this visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist lived for almost thirty years during the early twentieth century—one of only two National Historic Landmarks in Monroe County The beautiful 500-seat Dryden Theatre, which exhibits more than 300 different films every year and, as one of just a few venues in the world equipped to exhibit highly flammable nitrate film, hosts the annual Nitrate Picture Show—A Festival of Film Conservation The restored Terrace Garden, West Garden, and Rock Garden for quiet enjoyment Frequent talks by in-house experts and visiting artists and scholars Music recitals in the mansion almost every Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. A leading library of literature on photography and cinema in the world, accessible by appointment
If you are a member here
A membership to George Eastman Museum carries reciprocal admission, so the same card is worth free or discounted entry at other places in this program.
- NARM in New York Art, history and cultural institutions. Not valid within 15 miles of here.
Reciprocal programs are built for travel and most exclude places close to the one where you hold your membership, so this is worth the most when you are away from home. How reciprocal memberships work