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All membership levels include the following benefits:

  • Discounted admission to Sutter's Fort State Historic Park during regularly scheduled Hands on History events
  • Invitations to exclusive members-only events, workshops, presentations, and tours
  • Presale access to discounted tickets for special events including Frontier Flapjack Breakfast, Haunted Fort, Candlelight Tours, and Tour by Chocolate
  • Subscription to our monthly "News from the Fort" e-newsletter
  • 10% discount at the Sutter's Fort Gift and Trade Store
  • Free or discounted admission to over 300 museums nationwide participating in the Time Travelers reciprocal museum program.
Please note that our membership benefits have changed. We may no longer offer free day use admission to Sutter's Fort State Historic Park to new or renewing members (current members will continue to receive free admission for the the duration of their membership). These changes are necessary for Friends of Sutter's Fort to be consistent with California State Parks policies.

Membership Levels:

Pioneer Membership ................................................................................ $30

  • $5.00 Gift Certificate to the Sutter's Fort Gift and Trade Store

Settler Membership................................................................................... $60

  • $10.00 Gift Certificate to the Sutter's Fort Gift and Trade Store
  • Complimentary tickets to Haunted Fort for two

Fort Clerk Membership ............................................................................ $120

  • $15.00 Gift Certificate to the Sutter's Fort Gift and Trade Store
  • Complimentary tickets to Haunted Fort AND Tour by Chocolate for two

Captain Membership ................................................................................ $240

  • $20.00 Gift Certificate to the Sutter's Fort Gift and Trade Store
  • Complimentary tickets to Haunted Fort, Candlelight Tours, AND Tour by Chocolate for two

Proprietor Membership ............................................................................ $480

  • $50.00 Gift Certificate to the Sutter's Fort Gift and Trade Store
  • Complimentary tickets to Haunted Fort, Candlelight Tours, AND Tour by Chocolate for two
  • Historian Passport Day Use Annual Pass registered in your name through California State Parks.

Why Join the Friends of Sutter's Fort?

Friends of Sutter's Fort is a nonprofit 501 (C)(3) cooperating association that believes in the power of experiencing history at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park (SHP).

We collaborate every day with California State Parks to preserve and protect Sutter's Fort SHP, and to deliver the critical funding needed to provide over 100,000 visitors each year with educational experiences that bring history to life.

Since our founding, we have been dedicated to helping California State Parks bridge the funding gap between what is allocated annually at Sutter's Fort SHP, and what is needed in order to restore historic structures, preserve important artifacts, improve visitor experience, and provide exceptional educational programming to the nearly 50,000 students that visit the park each year.

With your help, we can:

  • Continue to repair and replace interpretive tools and supplies that allow us to share what the Fort was like in the 1840s.
  • Expand our popular and family-friendly Hands on History events, as well as other interpretive programming.
  • Provide grants to schools participating in one of our many educational programs.
  • Fund critical preservation projects such as the recently completed restoration and repainting of the exterior walls.

Your membership makes it possible for us to support all of this and more at Sutter's Fort SHP!