Since 1988, the Oneida Community Mansion House has been split between the non-profit which operates the museum, and the for-profit Mansion House Service Corporation which rents apartments and guest rooms and handles facility rentals for weddings, parties, etc. Since we occupy a 93,000 square foot building, and since people have lived here continuously since the Mansion House was built, it made sense to continue this tradition to generate goodwill among the Community's descendants and to earn revenue for the museum. Linda, I am not sure what specifically it is you want to know, but I would be happy to answer what I can for you off-list.
A local family has an interest in maintaining a historic farmstead and is considering becoming a non-profit museum. However, they are also interested in exploring possible ways in which a for-profit entity (the family itself) could operate in partnership with a non-profit entity, that perhaps might own and care for the collection. There are of course, many complications and it may or may not be an idea worth pursuing for them. Off the top of my head, I'm unable to think of any examples of such partnerships and wanted to see if museum colleagues had any examples to point me too. Ideas and examples?
Thanks for your help.
Linda Norris
Riverhill
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