We are always glad to recruit new members, and your subscription brings you a wide range of benefits:
- Monthly Meetings (lectures) on the last Wednesday of every month except December. You are entitled to bring a friend to any monthly meeting.
- A full programme of Country Meetings (outings), country walks, and other social events.
- Full members be sent a copy of our learned journal Archaeologia Aeliana, published annually and consisting of original papers on the archaeology and history of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne. Members also have access online to the last five years' volumes, which are not publicly available.
- A News Bulletin, published twice a year in June and December.
- Access to our library in the Great North Museum, which has 30,000 books, including valuable ones on restricted access.
- Discounted or free entry to selected British Association for Local History (BALH) events.
- Free entry to the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.
- Volunteering opportunities to help behind the scenes at museums, at excavations, at special events, and with local research.
When you join, you will be sent a folder of current information about the Society.
Subscription rates
Annual subscription rates are as follows:
| Subscription | Fee | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | £40 | Includes paperback version of Archaeologia Aeliana. |
| Joint | £64 | For two members at the same address. Includes one paperback version of Archaeologia Aeliana. |
| Student | £20 | Students in full-time education (proof requested). Includes paperback version of Archaeologia Aeliana. |
| Student (online only) | £5 | Includes online access only to Archaeologia Aeliana - no hard-copy version is supplied. |
| UK institutional | £45 | Includes paperback version of Archaeologia Aeliana. |
| Overseas institutional | £53 | Includes paperback version of Archaeologia Aeliana. |
Note: a £3 discount for paying by direct debit is applied to all subscriptions except 'Student (online only)'.
How to join
Membership runs from January to December each year, except for our online-only student membership offer, which covers the academic year, from 1 September to 31 August. Apart from this group, anyone joining after 1 November will be treated as joining from the beginning of the following year. Follow this link for subscription rates.
We would be very grateful if subscribers would include Gift Aid with their application. This means we can reclaim the tax you have already paid on that money. It costs you nothing, but adds considerably to our income. You need to be paying sufficient income tax to cover the tax reclaimed on all of your gift-aided donations. If you have any concerns about this, please contact treasurer@newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk.
If you prefer to join by post, follow this link for a copy of the application form, for you to print out and post to us. The Gift Aid form is attached to the application form; please make sure to sign both before returning them to us.