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Re:Donor recognition within historic houses

In the past, there were signs at the entry to every room here, but we don't want
to continue that tradition. Now, as we refurbish the rooms, we have a donor
plaque made that can be displayed on a small easel during special events.


Cyndi Sommers
Administrative Assistant, Owens-Thomas House
124 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31401
912-790-8880




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Hello, At the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, our board is discussing adding plaques or some type of donor recognition display to the dining room... 		allisonjillian
Offline Send Email 		Jul 18, 2009
10:31 pm

Hi, At The Castle in Marietta, Ohio, we have a simple practice. It is not very sophisticated, but it gets the job done...... we use table tents, folded card...
Lynne Shuman
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Offline Send Email 		Jul 19, 2009
7:09 pm

We do not acknowledge donors in our historic houses. Plaques with donors names would detract from the mission to restore the houses to the appropriate time...
Dawn Willi
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12:26 pm

I initially assumed the original question was about cash donors (think donor walls in other types of museums) and I find it interesting to learn how many...
Gutenkauf, Diane
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3:01 pm

In the past, there were signs at the entry to every room here, but we don't want to continue that tradition. Now, as we refurbish the rooms, we have a donor...
Cyndi Sommers
sommerscyndi
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4:56 pm

There was a great deal of discussion about this in the museum community 20-25 years ago. The sentiment then was that plaques, signs, etc. recognizing donors...
Verge, Laurie
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5:18 pm

I see there hasn't been a thread about cell phone tours for a while - I'm wondering what the state of the art is.  In its most simple form, I was thinking...
Lynn Josse
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5:31 pm

For some ideas on using cell phones in interpretation at historic sites, you may want to read the postings on the NTHS Blog at: ...
Max van Balgooy
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6:15 pm

Museum 411 is the provider we use for cell phone tours. We haven't done a whole lot with our program yet (still in development - and currently on hold while...
Eva Ulz
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6:21 pm

Regarding cell phone tours, we have offered historic information stories about our Historic Site through "Guide by Cell" for the past three years. Our...
Barone, Constance (TI)
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6:08 pm

Thank you for the responses about donor recognition within historic houses.  Just to follow up and clarify, the board is interested in recognizing donors who...
Jillian Allison
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5:45 pm

You could divide the amounts of donations into "named" categories. In our case Membership levels are $20- individual, Family $30, Lumberjack-$50,...
Dawn Willi
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I have a question on a related topic.  When you name a room after a donor, what are the reponsibilities of the donor and how long does the room retain that...
L RICHARD TREESE
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