Membership

Join in three steps:

Meet Qualifications

Fill out an Application

Pay Your Dues

Qualifications

Membership is limited to individuals who meet one of the following criteria:

are currently on the staff of an accredited museum or educational institution and are in some way responsible for the curation of its mineralogical, gemological and/or petrological collections
are retired from a position described under (1)
are affiliated with an accredited museum or educational institution in an advisory or volunteer curatorial capacity relative to its mineralogical, gemological, and/or petrological collections
are approved for membership by the Board

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

Applicants should email the information below to the Secretary Office. Follow the link below for paying the $10 annual membership dues.

Please put "SMMP membership application" on the subject line. You may copy and paste the text below into the body of the email.

To: smmpsecretary@gmail.com

Subject: SMMP MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Title (Dr., Mr., Ms., etc.):
Name:
Position:
Institution:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Note: If you do not currently have a position pertaining to an institutional mineral collection, use the "Comments" line to briefly explain your reason for seeking membership.

Dues

Membership Type	Due Amount
Student	$10
Regular	$10*
There will be an added fee of $1 if paying by PayPal to account for fees.

*Annual membership dues will be going up to $20.00 beginning January 1, 2025.
Dues are due by the end of the previous calendar year, and are payable to the Treasurer.

There are two payment options:

Remit dues directly to the SMMP Treasurer, preferably in the form of a check payable to SMMP:

Ryan Roney, Department of Curatorial Services
Tellus Science Museum
PO Box 3663
Cartersville, GA 30120
USA

Please email Ryan at ryanr@tellusmuseum.org if choosing this method.

Remit dues through PayPal - by credit card, bank transfer or PayPal account:

To check your most current dues, go to the membership page.