Making the most of our membership

Shakespeare's Birthplace - we used our Art Passes for free entry

A while ago I wrote about how we managed to get good use out of our various heritage membership passes on our summer holiday last year.

Yesterday I thought it would be interesting to see how many times I had used all my various membership cards in 2015.

The joint 'winners' were the National Trust and the Art Pass, with 10 uses each, closely followed by English Heritage with 9 (though several of those were not for English Heritage properties as such, but a reciprocal arrangement with Manx Heritage).  The Historic Houses Association came fourth with 6. They have definitely all paid for themselves.

I only used my British Museum Friends card for a discount in their restaurant (but it was a very nice meal). I'll try to fix that this year, with a visit to the Sicily: culture and conquest exhibition.

The results in detail:

Art Pass (note that the Art Pass gives either free entry or reduced-price admission)

British Library Magna Carta exhibition

Courtauld Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery  Escher Exhibition

Harvard House

Leighton House

National Portrait Gallery William Morris Anarchy and Beauty exhibition

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Torquay Museum

Torre Abbey

National Trust

A La Ronde

Cliveden

Coleton Fishacre

Coughton Court

Great Chalfield Manor

Greenway

Hughenden Manor

Overbecks

Red House

Wordsworth House English Heritage Berry Pomeroy Castle Castle Rushen Eltham Palace House of Mannanan Kenilworth Castle Laxey Wheel Peel Castle Rushen Abbey Totnes Castle Historic Houses Association Cadhay Helmingham Milntown Mirehouse Powderham Castle Stratfield Saye