About half of the 2,000 free student memberships offered by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art and funded by a Student Government grant have been grabbed.
The museum started offering the free memberships on Sept. 6. So far, more than 1,000 students have registered.
All activity-fee paying students can register for their free annual membership by logging on to Gator 1 Central and filling out a form. With the free membership, students will have discounts at the Harn Museum of Art store, invitations to member-only pARTies and access to more than 800 museums nationwide.
Allison VanDenend, annual giving coordinator for the Harn, said the museum will be issuing student members digital membership cards through a smartphone app.
Students will be able to receive push notifications when they are near any of the museums that accept their memberships.
Christina Bonarrigo, 22, UF Student Body president and management graduate student, said SG is excited to partner with the Harn in the membership giveaway.
Eugenia Martinez, 34, an art history Ph.D. student, is thrilled about the free membership giveaway. She said she tries to go to the Harn at least once a month.
“Harn museum is a well-rounded museum, and has great programs. As a poor college student, the free membership is a huge blessing,” Martinez said.
A version of this story ran on page 1 on 9/18/2013 under the headline "UF students quickly claim free Harn Museum memberships"
