Avant-Garde
Single $400 ($300 Tax-deductible)
Couple $750 ($550 Tax-deductible)

In keeping with AFMO’s mission to raise awareness and support both museums, members of the Avant-Garde group support both Musées d’Orsay and de l’Orangerie and have access to exclusive young patrons’ events to celebrate both fine art and French-American friendship.

AFMO proudly supports Holidays at the Orsay, a unique bilingual children’s program to entertain and nurture art amongst the museum’s younger visitors.

Avant-Garde memberships are for individuals aged 20 to 45 years old only.

Avant-Garde members enjoy:

  • Access to the skip-the-line entrance to both the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie (permanent collections and temporary exhibitions) throughout the year *

  • Before-hours entrance to the Orsay (9:00am, Tuesday thru Sunday) **

  • Family-friendly events for parents and children (Paris)

  • Invitations to on site and off site private tours

  • Special access and invitations to the fundraising Gala weekend, held in Paris every October (program to be confirmed, at additional cost).

* Children under 18 enjoy free access to the Orsay and Orangerie museums. Priority registration to all AFMO seasonal trips, including the annual spring trip (at an additional cost) with exclusive access to landmarks, collections and receptions.

** All before-hours and special access requests are subject to security clearance. All invitations are subject to availability.

If you would like to pay via Donor Advised Fund, please note that only the tax-deductible portion of your AFMO contribution can be paid via Donor Advised Fund. You may pay the non-tax deductible portion (see above) of your contribution separately by credit card here.

For information about offline payment options such as checks or bank transfers, please click here.

If you are a UK taxpayer and interested in donating to AFMO, please contact us at projects@aforsay.org

Image: Mary Cassatt. Mère et enfant sur fond vert, 1897. Pastel sur papier beige collé sur châssis entoilé. H. 55,0 ; L. 46,0 cm. Don Mary Cassatt, 1897. © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski