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Members currently receive the colour magazine Jewellery History Today three times a year, giving information on the Society's activities together with forthcoming exhibition and other jewellery news, short articles, reviews and correspondence. In addition, members receive the academic journal, Jewellery Studies. Jewellery Studies was published in print form from 1983-2012 and has been published electronically since May 2015.
Membership of The Society of Jewellery Historians is payable on an annual basis in £ sterling. Whenever you join, you will receive a full 12 months of membership. There is no life membership available.
If you would like to join, please complete an application form, available here, and send your payment as below.
The Society of Jewellery Historians is staffed entirely by volunteers. We will try to reply promptly, but please be patient if you do not receive an immediate response.
1. Current Subscription Rates
Individual membership and Libraries £40 per year
Renewal of existing membership £40 per year
Joint membership (to include a second member at the same address) £47 per year
Renewal of joint membership (to include a second member at the same address) £47 per year
Individual young membership (age 25 or under) £20 per year
Renewal of existing young membership (age 25 or under) £20 per year
Corporate membership (For institutions with several interested persons. Corporate members receive 3 copies of each issue of JHT; 5 members are entitled to attend meetings.) £90 per year
2. Payment methods
A. PayPal (subscription by repeat payment)
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B. Other on-line payment
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C. Off-line payment
To join or renew by standing order from your bank account (UK only), please download and complete this standing order form and send it to The Membership Secretary at the address below.
To join and pay by cheque, please download this application form, and return by mail to the address on the form.
To renew and pay by cheque, please download this renewal form, and return by mail to the address on the form.
To pay by direct bank transfer, please transfer the correct sum to our bank giving your company name as reference.
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>>UK bank account reference: Sort code 40-05-20. Account number 51846981
All payments must be made in pounds sterling.
Small print
Use of SJH logo.
The Society of Jewellery Historians is a learned society that has no restriction on membership. No qualification or jewellery trade participation is required. Membership does not, therefore, imply any particular expertise. The Society’s Council has determined that it follows that members should not use the Society's logo in any way for business communications, including websites.
Gift Aid.
If you are a UK tax payer we would be very grateful if you could claim Gift Aid on your subscription. You can access the forms here:
Full paper copy to be printed off, signed, scanned back in, and attached to an email.
Short electronic form. This does not require a signature - just complete online and return by email to
membership@societyofjewelleryhistorians.ac.uk.
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Membership acknowledgement is sent in receipt of payment.
Membership lasts for 12 months, dated from the date of payment.
All payments by whatever method must be made in STERLING and can be made instantly by PayPal or credit card (see above). Payment by cheque or bank transfer, e.g. cheque or draft drawn on a UK bank, should be made payable to Society of Jewellery Historians. Please print out and complete a membership application and mail or scan it to us. If you wish to charge it to a credit card, please use PayPal (see above). The Society has no facility for direct credit card receipts. Our postal address for subscriptions is:
The Membership Secretary
The Society of Jewellery Historians
c/o Aude Mongiatti,
Scientific Research,
The British Museum,
London WC1B 3DG
President: Dr Judy Rudoe, FSA. Chairman: Katherine Purcell, FSA. Deputy Chairman: Dr Aude Mongiatti. Hon. Secretary: Robert Leigh-Pemberton. Hon. Treasurer: Dr Lynne Bartlett FGA.
The Society is a registered charity No. 1151393. Registered address is: Society of Jewellery Historians, Scientific Research, The British Museum, London WC1B 3DG