Lend Your Support

Membership Benefits

Free admission to galleries, two extra free admissions, free or reduced admission to special events, 10% museum store discount* and museum newsletter.

Membership Levels

Individual $25.00
Family $35.00
Senior Citizen $15.00
Includes the benefits above.

Associate $50.00
Sponsor $100.00
Group $50.00 up
Corporate $100.00 up
These levels of membership have all of the above plus 15% museum store discount* and four free gallery admissions.

Friend $250.00
Patron $500.00
Benefactor $1,000.00
These levels have all of above plus 20% museum store discount* and six free gallery admissions.

Your membership dollars support our mission through:
Educational outreach programs
New exhibits and displays
Continuing research
Artifact conservation and preservation

(*except consignment and fund raising items)
  

To become a member, send your check or Money Order payable to OCGS for your chosen level of giving, to:

The Old Coast Guard Station

P.O. Box 24

Virginia Beach, VA 23458

Or call Julie at (757) 422-1587 

Docent and Volunteer Opportunities 

The Old Coast Guard Station has a corps of about 60 volunteers and uses them in several ways:
Tour guides in the galleries (docents). Training is provided.
Shop assistants in the museum store.
Special events such as receptions, special projects, fund raisers.
You can volunteer for a regularly scheduled time or work as a substitute volunteer.
Volunteers are scheduled for two time periods daily -- 10 - 1:30 and 1:30 - 5 PM. Sunday afternoon volunteers are scheduled from 12 noon - 2:30 and 2:30 - 5 PM.

To find out more about volunteer opportunities, call the volunteer coordinator at the museum, 757-422-1587 or email at education@oldcoastguardstation.com.