N.J.THer
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- Nov 16, 2006
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I've been inquiring with the local historical society (which I'm a member) and our mayor for years about starting a local museum. We finally were given the green light. The town has given us a location and due to a large willed donation we have a decent amount of money but we do need additional funds so the fund raising has begun. So far we have reached out to local business, attended local street fairs, handed out brochures and run 50/50 raffles. I donated a Civil War lithograph to be raffled off at a Civil War show we have in town each year and I got the NJ Devils donate a signed hockey stick and picture from Martin Brodeur for a future raffle.
Does anyone have any proven fund raising methods they would like to share? If you have worked on setting up a museum in yourr home town I would love to hear about any pitfalls to watch out for or any sort of suggestions that would make this a success.
One project for the team is to get a website developed for the future museum. I feel this will help drive interest by local residents if they can view the progress we are making and see the museum plans online. I want to even create a virtual museum where people can view items that will be in the future site. My challenge here is that the historical society still snail mails everything since a bunch of members don't have emails. Try to convince a group like that for the need of a website...lol.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
NJ
Does anyone have any proven fund raising methods they would like to share? If you have worked on setting up a museum in yourr home town I would love to hear about any pitfalls to watch out for or any sort of suggestions that would make this a success.
One project for the team is to get a website developed for the future museum. I feel this will help drive interest by local residents if they can view the progress we are making and see the museum plans online. I want to even create a virtual museum where people can view items that will be in the future site. My challenge here is that the historical society still snail mails everything since a bunch of members don't have emails. Try to convince a group like that for the need of a website...lol.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
NJ