Donations
Cost:
$1000 annual contribution for a couple, single, or business.*
Since its founding in 1983, the Kent State University Museum has grown
in international presence and in prestige, such as being:
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the first museum to bring a costume exhibition to the University of London's Brunei Gallery
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the first museum to organize the premier U.S. tour of a Korean wearable art exhibition that was only seen in three U.S. cities: NY, LA, and Kent
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the only American Museum, along with the Louvre and the Kyoto Costume Institute, chosen to participate at the cultural exhibition of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece!
Membership Benefits:
- Private member-only previews,
- Receptions with the artists and designers,
- Special Director's tours and presentations,
- Complimentary admission to the museum and selected events,
- Special Platinum Circle E-Newsletter,
- 20% discount at the museum store,
- Advance sale notices.
- Name engraved on plaque in the Museum Lobby.
*membership fee is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
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- As a Friend of
the Shannon Rogers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and
Merchandising and the Kent State University Museum, your generosity
helps to ensure the vitality of our programs as we prepare students
for careers in the fashion industry. Your support fosters our exhibitions
and acquisitions as they help us define our relationships between clothing,
the decorative arts, and humankind.
The Kent State University Museum is a cultural treasure chest, with nine galleries exhibiting costume and decorative arts from around the world.
- The Shannon Rogers
and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, recognized
among the top ten fashion schools in the nation, offers degrees in Fashion
Design and Fashion Merchandising.
Individual: ...................$
25
Supporter: .................$ 100
Sponsor: ....................$ 250
Patron: .......................$ 500
Benefactor: ................$1000
Kent State University Foundation/Rogers and Silverman Fund.
For offers of
costume and decorative arts to enhance the museum's collection, please
visit the
guidelines for donating
objects site. You may e-mail the museum director at jdruesed@kent.edu
or call them at (330) 672-3450 for further information.
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Help us purchase new male mannequins for historical garments and pay tribute to your favorite man!!
Your gift of $950 will support our mannequin fund and go to a very worthy cause...keeping the museum dressed properly!! We will recognize your gift in an engraved name plate on the mannequin's pedestal, a permanent reminder of your generosity and thoughtfulness. To donate to this cause, send a check payable to KSU Foundation/Museum, together with naming instructions, c/o Kent State University Museum, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001.
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Ever want to look like a model? Now you can when you buy a woman mannequin for $650. Your name (or that of a loved one) will be engraved on the pedestal for everyone to see whenever "you" are on display! Your gift will help the Museum purchase the latest in mannequin technology for better display of the garments, especially those of contemporary designers.
There are only six mannequins left before we reach our goal!
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We've got the action and the camera-now all we need are the lights! Help us purchase additional lighting fixtures so that our visitors can continue to enjoy the Museum's fine collections and exhibitions. Your gift of $200 will buy an appropriate fixture complete with dimmer, fuse, and bulb.
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Please take your seat in the Museum's Murphy Auditorium. For $250, you're always fashionably seated; your name (or the name of your choice) is engraved on a seat plaque for all the world to see. More importantly, your tax deductible donation, which will go to the Museum's endowment, ensures that the Museum can continue its many programs bringing fashion and decorative arts to our communities. Call the Development office at 330-672-3450 for more information on these programs or send a check payable to KSU Foundation/Museum to: Development Office, KSU Museum, PO Box 5190, Kent, OH, 44242-0001. Please include your name, address, phone number, and inscription information.
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As
a non-profit museum, we welcome financial gifts to help us maintain
the collection and be accessible to students and the community.
Your donations can help us:
- Expand types
of art objects available for study
- Support acquisitions
to keep our status as one of the finest collections of fashions
in the United States
- Maintain services to public: Educational programs & publications,Visitor Services, Gallery Installations
- Maintain one of the most historic buildings on campus! (carpets, fresh paint for gallery walls, etc.)
- Underwrite visits by scout troops and school classes
- Process and store a new addition to the collection
- Purchase storage boxes for clothing Maintain proper lighting in the galleries; buy special lightbulbs
- Create Bilingual Gallery Guides for Multicultural Exhibitions
- Help pay for a student internship
To contribute, simply print out the following form and send it, with
your donation made payable to KSU Foundation/Museum to:
Kent State
University Museum,
P.O. Box 5190, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
YES! I would like to contribute to the Kent State University Museum!
Enclosed is my tax-deductible gift of: _______________
This gift is ( ) in honor of ( ) in memory of: __________________________
Please send an acknowledgment letter of my honor/memorial gift (but
not the amount) to:
Name
Address
City
State
Zip
( ) I will contact my employer about making a corporate matching gift.
THIS GIFT
IS FROM:
Name
Address
City
State
Zip
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The Museum is always happy to consider donations that will enhance the breadth and depth of its collections, and we look forward to meeting prospective donors and adding wonderful objects. The following points will help explain our collection procedures.
- If you have
period or modern clothing, textiles or other decorative or fine
art, please contact the Museum Director, Jean
Druesedow,
either via e-mail: jdruesed@kent.edu,
at the
address above; or by phone at (330) 672-0303.
- Please
do not drop-off or send objects without first contacting the Director
- we want to make sure that your potential gift is properly identified
and cared for.
- Please provide as much information as possible about the objects - for example, who made or designed them, who wore them and where they were used. It is especially helpful if you first send photographs of the pieces for consideration since we cannot accept all the objects offered to the collections. A receipt for the deposit of objects is issued whenever pieces enter the Museum building.
THE NEXT STEP: THE ACCESSIONING PROCESS
- After the initial
contact with the Director, the Museum Accession Committee will meet
to review the objects. Those not accepted will be returned to the donor
or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the donor's wishes. Limited
storage space, duplication of objects in the collection and the condition
of the offered piece affect our decision to accept an object.
- If accepted, the
donor will receive Deed of Gift paperwork which transfers legal title
of the gift to the Museum.
- Every object accepted is listed, tagged, vacuumed, treated if necessary, numbered and catalogued. Each is carefully stored often with acid-free paper, a padded hanger, or a specially sewn dust cover.
The Museum estimates that adding each object costs $50.00 in time and
materials, and maintaining one object costs about $50.00 per year. Conservation
services cost about $100.00 per hour. These costs are part of our ongoing
responsibility when we accept objects into the collection. We would greatly
appreciate your help toward meeting these expenses and hope that you will
accompany your gift with some of the funds necessary to help us preserve
it. Your deed of gift reflects your total contribution of in kind gifts
and support funds.
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It has received support through an
Ohio Arts Council Sustainability Grant.
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