Hi Melissa,
The DAR Museum in Washington DC uses this approach frequently, and
fairly successfully.  You might try contacting them for more
information.

Sandra


-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa de Bie [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:25 PM
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Subject: conservation adoptions

Hello

Has anyone had any experience with soliciting funding sources for
specific
object conservation at smaller institutions?  I am serving on a
committee
that has suggested creating a 'wish-list' for objects that need to be
conserved and soliciting people to 'adopt' that object for conservation
work.

This makes me feel uncomfortable (for obvious reasons).  Has anyone done
something similar?  I'd like to hear about it!

Melissa de Bie
Collections Manager
Rock County Historical Society
P.O. Box 8096
Janesville, WI 53547-8096
(608) 756-4509
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