Membership in the Franklin Inn is by invitation. Our busy Membership Committee considers nominees who contribute notably to the “…literary, artistic or intellectual life of the City.”
We will be happy to introduce you to our members and arrange for nomination to membership. Letters of recommendation from two members and a C.V. are required for consideration. Please use the Contact Us tab to send an inquiry about membership or arrange an introductory visit.
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.
