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What does your Annual Fund donation support?
Engaging Exhibits: Each year, the Sheldon’s exhibits showcase the Museum’s extraordinary collections while inviting collaborations with community members, students of all ages and artists to feature a diversity of topics. Additionally, we have our hands-on Kids Makerspace to ensure that all Museum visitors have the opportunity for inspiration and engagement. Of course, our annual Holiday Trains exhibit returns to the tracks each November. Your donation will fund exciting new exhibitions featuring the Sheldon Museum’s collections throughout the Museum season.
Exciting Programs: Did you enjoy a program presented by the Henry Sheldon Museum this year? Perhaps you participated in an artist workshops or attended a gallery talk? Or attended a Kids’ Makerspace program? Maybe the Behind the Wallpaper Summer Series inspired you to see things with a new lens? Every year, the Sheldon offers new programs for audiences of all ages in a variety of formats. Help the Sheldon continue its remarkable programs!
Collections Care and Management: The Henry Sheldon Museum possesses a remarkable collection of objects, and its Stewart-Swift Research Center archive is second-to-none in the region. It costs a great deal to preserve and maintain these objects and documents that constitute our heritage for exhibition, research, enjoyment, and inspiration. Collections care includes appropriate storage boxes, materials and furniture, pest control and mediation, conservation, and more. Help us with the care of our collections so that they will be available for all audiences today and for years to come.
Museum Operations: Henry Sheldon opened the Museum's doors to the public in 1884. The Museum's staff continues and advances Henry Sheldon's mission every day — to collect and share stories and objects, past and present, to inspire curiosity and spark connections. Help us continue to keep Henry Sheldon's dream alive and thriving for future generations!