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  [log in to unmask] (Marshabray) wrote:
>
> I am on the board of a historic house museum and have also been a museum
> professional for the last 15 years. I would like to correspond with staff or
> board members of historic house museums as a way of sharing information and
> moving our institution forward.
>
> First question for discussion: what do you do about donor acknowledgments. We
> don't want to stick plaques all over the period rooms for things like funding
a
> painting restoration or paying for new wall paper. However, as you know,
donors
> like their recognition. Do you put up a single plaque with multiple names in
a
> central location? Do you use mulitple plaques in situ? Or do you have a
> different method?
> Many thanks for your help


>
>  We acknowlede our donors in our monthly newsletter or other publications.
If

it is a really large donation, then we post a temporary, removable sign near
the donation (like new curtains) for a month or two.  This seems to satisfy.

Elizabeth Walker
Molly Brown House Museum

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