Guests gather at the Ignite Discovery campaign launch inside the museum.
Nearly 287,000 kids and grown-ups came last year, 32,000 of them free or subsidized. Gifts make that possible.
For 30 years the museum has been where curiosity starts. Annual Fund donors keep admission within reach through Museums for All and free Community Nights, put certified teachers in 27,481 classroom seats a year, and keep eleven galleries fresh. Every gift is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Play Pals
$1 – $249
Recognized on the website
TreeHouse Friends
$250 – $499
Recognized on the donor wall
Tower Friends
$500 – $999
Complimentary membership
Explore Circle
$1,000 – $2,499
Memory Makers Society: personal event invitations
Innovate Circle
$2,500 – $4,999
Memory Makers Society
Creative Circle
$5,000 – $9,999
Memory Makers Society
Playful Visionaries
$10,000+
Memory Makers Society
Every donor is recognized on the website.
Give nowThe Alice P. Lupton Memorial Endowment holds gifts forever and spends only the income. Seeded by a $250,000 Clarence E. Harris Foundation challenge in 2006 and a $4 million bequest in 2018. Cash, stock, real estate, retirement assets and bequests all qualify.
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The museum’s annual fundraising gala, the first Saturday in March. Sponsorships and tables directly fund exhibits and access programs.
About AMUSEUMThe Tennessee Arts Commission funds our traveling exhibits and Artists in Residence, and that money comes from specialty license plate sales. Put an Arts plate on your car.
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