Candice, Take a look at our Adopt an Artifact program. http://www.milwaukeehistory.net/artifacts/adopt-an-artifact/ We created it out of our 75th anniversary in 2010, and made the fee to adopt very reasonable ($25) to attract the common visitor. We have not yet made the decision to drive the program via conservation, but rather to generate a greater interest in our collections. Hope this helps Mike Reuter Curator Milwaukee County Historical Society 414-273-8288 From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Candace Perry Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 8:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] "adopting" collections Good morning - I am looking for examples of museum that have programs to adopt artifacts/works of art, primarily for conservation purposes, but fundraising also. What are the pitfalls? Does someone have a good procedure in place for doing this? History museum preferably, but I suppose it works in any circumstance. Thanks, Candace Perry _____ To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L <http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1> &A=1 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).