Guests lunching at the Inn today might find themselves sitting amidst a small, convivial group of poets, writers, scholars, journalists, editors and publishers. Or one might be sharing conversation with collectors and dealers in rare books, artists, sculptors, musicians, gardeners, curators and directors of some of the city’s museums, galleries, libraries and research institutes, medical and scientific professionals, literary-minded lawyers accomplished in literature, architects, and always a bon vivant or two. Several members are fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences or of the American Philosophical Society. Thirteen current members have been listed in Who’s Who in America since 1990.
Membership in the Franklin Inn is by invitation. The membership Committee considers nominees who contribute notably to the “…literary, artistic or intellectual life of the City.”
Those individuals interested in membership should contact a Franklin Inn Club member about being proposed for membership. Letters of recommendation from two members and a C.V. are required for consideration.
