Below please find our various levels of membership. Memberships are based on the calendar year.

If you have any questions, please contact 314-516-7248.

All the rewards of Individual Membership.

General members and their immediate families receive:

• Full privileges to borrow books both from the Mercantile and the UMSL Thomas Jefferson Library.
• Member discounts on all Library programs, including Director’s Colloquia, lectures, book discussion series and special events.
• Invitations to Members-only opening receptions for special exhibitions.
• Member discounts on research and photo-duplication services.
• 10% discount on merchandise at the Mercantile Library Shop.
• Subscriptions to the annual New Books list and the Library's biannual newsletter.
• Free parking on campus while visiting the Library; contact the Library ahead of your visit for assistance.

All of the rewards above PLUS:

• Benefits extended to one other adult in your household, as well as children under age 18.

All of the rewards of a Family Membership PLUS:

• Membership in the American Art Collectors’ Club (Art Benefactor).
Invitation to the Curator's Special "Insider Tour" Event. Invitation to Director's and/or Curator's previews of special exhibitions.

All of the rewards of a Family Membership PLUS:
Invitation to the Curator's Special "Insider Tour" Event.
Invitation to Director's and/or Curator's previews of special exhibitions.

All of the rewards of a Family Membership PLUS:

• Invitation to the Curator's Special "Insider Tour" Event.
Invitation to Director's and/or Curator's previews of special exhibitions.

All of the rewards of a Family Membership PLUS:

• Invitations to exclusive Bixby club events focusing on book collecting, book and manuscript preservation, and reading.
• Journal of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies mailed quarterly.

All of the rewards of a Family Membership PLUS:

• Special invitations to meet and greet receptions with the Yeatman Lecture speaker.
• Recognition on the List of Distinguished Donors, displayed in the foyer of the Mercantile Library.

All of the rewards of a Family Membership PLUS:

• Recognition on the List of Distinguished Donors, displayed in the foyer of the Mercantile Library.
• Exclusive receptions with distinguished speakers throughout the year from all Mercantile Library programs.
• One Individual gift membership for one year for a friend.

All of the rewards of a Pillars Membership PLUS:

• Recognition on the List of Distinguished Donors, displayed in the foyer of the Mercantile Library.
• Exclusive receptions with distinguished speakers throughout the year from all Mercantile Library programs.
• One personal Discovery Tour per member household. [Theme based on Mercantile collections, 2 months' notice required.]
• Two Individual gift memberships for one year for two friends.

Additional University of Missouri – St. Louis rewards include:

• Invitations to attend an annual performance at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
  
• Recognition in the Distinguished Contributors annual report.
• Invitations to select university events and lecture.
• Scholarship sponsors are invited to attend the scholarship reception.
• A members-only reception.
• Campus parking privileges.

• Ten passes to ticketed special events.
• Four individual memberships.
• Recognition on the List of Distinguished Donors, displayed in the foyer of the Mercantile Library.
• Rental fee waived for one corporate event held at the Mercantile (does not include catering).