Workshops on fund raising

Capitalize on Collections Care: A Fund-Raising Workshop
Amon Carter Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
October 6, 1997

This one-day workshop will explore how museums, libraries and
historic preservation organizations can make a fund-raising case
using collections care.  The program focuses on the private sector
and state and local governments as new sources of support for
collections care, conservation and preservation.

Capitalize on Collections Care will demonstrate how institutions can
creatively incorporate collections care, conservation and
preservation into fund-raising activities.  Collections care can be
an effective tool for raising money and invigorating a fund-raising
program.  Conservation has unique visual qualities that can motivate
potential donors by showing them tangible results of financial
support.  The program teaches creative approaches to integrating
collections care into basic fund-raising strategies such as annual
appeals, capital campaigns, earned income, planned giving and
adopt-an-object programs.

Highlights of the program include:

    *   a discussion of how to make the case for collections care by
        Edward Theriot, Ph.D., director of the Texas Memorial Museum
        at the University of Texas in Austin

    *   a presentation on fund-raising fundamentals by Fisher Howe,
        partner, Lavender/Howe & Associates, a Washington, D.C. fund
        raising and management consulting firm for nonprofit
        organizations

    *   a case study on the benefits of a long-range conservation
        plan by Houston McGaugh, director of the Star of the
        Republic Museum in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Tex.

    *   a case study on the success of community outreach programs
        and how they can be applied to collections acquisition and
        care by Joeliene Magoto, director of the Old Jail Art Center
        in Albany, Tex.

    *   a case study on successful strategies for raising funds for
        collections storage by Dina Kohleffel, director of
        development for the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

The workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  The fee covers
registration, lunch, breaks with refreshments and informational
materials. Deadline for registration is September 29.

Capitalize on Collections Care is cosponsored by the Collection
Managers Committee, an affinity group of the Texas Association of
Museums (TAM), Texas Association of Museums, AMIGOS Bibliographic
Council, Inc. and the National Institute for the Conservation of
Cultural Property (NIC). For more information, please call Karen
Groce at the NIC at 202-625-1495 or email <kgroce<-a t->nic< . >org>.

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