General Info:

Friends of the Nabokov Museum organization was incorporated in the United States of America in November, 2002, with Mr.Dmitri Nabokov as Chairman and President of the FNM Board, Mr.Terry Myers as Vice President, and Prof. Brian Boyd as Director.

The Friends of the Nabokov Museum, Inc., will be actively involved in promoting the study of the works of Vladimir Nabokov in the United States and other countries in the world at colleges, universities, libraries, literary societies and generally in the public at large though the collaboration of the Vladimir Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg. It is envisioned that the organization will focus on fund-raising and grant-making in the United States. The organization has a tax-exempt status. The incorporation was accomplished through the efforts of Jonathon R. Moore of Moore and Bruce, LLP.

The Nabokov Museum extends its special thanks to Mr. Terry Myers who was instrumental in setting up the FNM, Inc. Not only Mr. Myers’ has provided generous financial support to the Nabokov Museum over the years, he has also donated precious first editions of works by Vladimir Nabokov and other books and memorabilia for the Museum’s collection.

Membership Info:

Annual memberships are awarded to individuals who have reached 18 and who express their interest in the art and life of Vladimir Nabokov. Members are required to pay a non-refundable annual fee of $25 or more.

Members of the Friends of the Nabokov Museum, Inc.: $25 - $1,000
Donors of the Nabokov Museum: $1,000-10,000
Patrons of the Nabokov Museum: 10,000 and up

Members receive unlimited free admission to the museum, invitation to exhibits openings, lectures, and special events; discounts on tuition and registration fees for the museum’s academic programs. Your membership and additional contribution are fully tax-deductible.

The Nabokov Museum offers to sponsor a week-long stay in St. Petersburg and an extensive sightseeing program (with a focus on Vladimir Nabokov sites in St. Petersburg) to Patrons of the Nabokov Museum and their immediate families.

Invitation to join the board of the Friends of the Nabokov Museum, Inc., will be extended to individuals or corporations who made a gift of 50,000 or more to the FNM, Inc.

For information how to join Friends of the Nabokov Museum, Inc., please write to friendsofnabokov@sbcglobal.net.

Friends and Sponsors of the Nabokov Museum

The Nabokov Museum expresses its sincere gratitude to

Boris Averin
Alexander Bargman
Joseph Beck
Eugeniy Belodubrovsky
Alex Blok
Barbara Bloom
Brian Boyd
Maurice Couturier
Alexander Dolinin
Annelore Engel
Nikolai Formozov
Sarah Funke
Jane Grayson
Tonino Guerra
Alexander Gutnitsky
Donald Barton Johnson
Michael Juliar
Eugeniy Kaidanov
Lyubov’ Klimenko
Ksenia Kolesnikova
Dmitri Konradt
Marina Koreneva
Isaac Kushnir
Zoran Kuzmanovich
Marina Ledkovsky
Barbara Moore
Jonathon Moore
Sergei Muchenikov
Terry Myers
Dmitri Nabokov
Alexander Nikitin
Daniela Rippl
Saveliy Senderovich
Dmitri Shagin
Vasiliy Shishkin
Maxim Shrayer
Peter Skolnik
Nikki Smith
Vadim Stark
Alexander Syomochkin
Lyudmila Tabolina
Natalia Tolstaya
Yuri Tomashevski
Vadim Uskov
Yuri Vasilyev
Olga Voronina
Dieter Zimmer
Alexander Zhdanko

Alliance Francais
British Council in St. Petersburg
CEC International Partners
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in St. Petersburg
Consulate General of Italy in St. Petersburg
Consulate General of the United States in St. Petersburg
Cultural Committee of Ireland
Goethe Institute in St. Petersburg
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
The Irish Embassy in Moscow
Open Society Institute (The Soros Foundation)
Pro Arte Institute

Anglia Bookshop
Anna Akhmatova Museum
Borskoye Steklo
Bulthaup
Daimler Chrysler
Decadance
Dom Kino
Early Music Festival
Ekho Petersburga
Finnair
Gallup Ltd.
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
Grand Hotel Europe
Guinness (Denview Ltd., “RAD”)
Jameson (Graft Trading LLP)
Lensovieta Theater
Le Paris
Maly Drama Theater
Megafon
Museum Technologies (Hepri)
Parisiana Movie Theater
Popeda Knauf
Pratt and Whitney, Inc.
Russian National Library
Russian Standard (Roust LLP)
SPN Digital
Svetoch
Symposium Publishing Company
Valensiya
Veho
Rozhdestveno Museum
Uskov and Partners Law Firm
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