We charge admission to the historic house and have a donation box at the
back door, in the program area we have another one and it is in an area
where we do not necessarily charge admission. I find that people give to
both boxes and I would suggest that you have a note on the box - donations
help the ongoing .....of the site or explain the purpose of the box -
sometimes that softens the donation giving.
Marilynn Havelka
Ruthven Park National Historic Site  

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Amber S. Mohr
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:43 AM
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Subject: donation boxes

I work in a gallery located on a University campus within one of the
academic college buildings (we do not have our own separate building).  I
have been frequently asked when giving tours if we accept donations, which
of course we do but simply do not have a formal station in the gallery to
receive them.  I am planning on redesigning my registration stand/brochure
rack and hoping to incorporate a donation area with envelopes and a slotted
locked space (not clear acrylic, so no one could see how many donations have
been made that day).  The Dean of the College has apprehensions about this
and is afraid it will look tacky.  I reminded him that the other galleries
associated with the University have donation boxes by the door and I am
doing this in response to visitor queries, but he is not sufficiently
reassured.  I wonder if any of you could offer opinions or information that
would back my assertions.
Thanks, as always, for your fabulous help.
Amber

Amber Mohr
Curator/Collections Manager
The Kruger Collection
University of Nebraska
133 Architecture Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0107
402. 472. 3560
http://krugercollection.unl.edu/

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