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Why donate to the museum:  What Bergstrom-Mahler Museum offers you and every visitor

We are aware you have many organizations asking for donations for important causes. You may be asking, 'Why should I donate to a museum?'
We'd like to share with you a story about a recent museum visitor that sums up why museums are important and worthy of your support.

One afternoon a staff member began chatting with a visitor from Milwaukee. The staff person asked if she was enjoying her visit.
The woman replied, “This place is just fantastic. I am learning so much. Everywhere I turn I see something more beautiful than the last. You know, I am not a museum person. I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. In fact, I clean toilets for a living, but this place is so amazing—it’s inspiring to see what human beings can do.”

This woman’s words say a lot about how museums enrich the lives of people of all ages, education levels and occupations. You don’t need an advanced degree to “understand art.” Bergstrom-Mahler Museum is here for you as a place to entertain your family and friends, discover something new, and provide respite from the busyness of your life. The museum has been here for you offering amazing encounters with art, free of an admission charge, since 1959.
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How you can help

As you are no doubt aware, maintaining a free, public art museum costs money. Bergstrom-Mahler Museum is a not for profit, 501(c)3 organization--we are not operated by the City of Neenah. We need your financial contribution to sustain what one visitor calls, “one of the most important destinations in the Fox Valley that is unique in perhaps all the world.”  Please donate today.

Campaign goals

As our annual fund campaign begins, we are hopeful that, by the end of this year, we can reach our goal of $12,000 to add to the general operating fund. We will use these funds as we expand our class offerings in glass, remodel education spaces and enhance your experience in the galleries.

What your gift could do

$100 could fund…an Art Activity Day
$250 could support…exhibit programing
$1,000 or more could fund… a kiln for new glass classes
$1,500 or more could fund…new interactive exhibits in the galleries
$2,500 or more could support…remodeling education spaces
$5,000 or more could fund…a temporary glass exhibition

Please give generously, today.

As an American Association of Museums  accredited institution, we will be good stewards of your gift.  Thank you for your support.

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Another way to donate

Museum collections have grown by significant gifts. Historically, such generosity established most of the great museum collections we experience today. Bergstrom-Mahler Museum began with such gifts and continues to rely heavily on donors to build the collections. The collections become a public resources of beauty and information, as well as inspiration for those new to collecting glass.

We look for exemplary objects, objects that offer a representative example of something not already in the collection, as well as updated work by current artists in glass sculpture and paperweight forms.  Our collections have served as resources for many other private collections and after fifty years, the museum continues as a learning resource for the general population, as well as the collecting community.

Please contact Jan Smith, Executive Director and Curator, at 920.751.4658 x301, to learn more about contributing glass related to one of our four areas of collecting.  Monetary contributions for the acquisition fund are always welcomed. Back to Top

Our mission is to engage, excite and educate our regional and global audiences with our world-renown glass collections and temporary exhibitions.