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Donate to Arizona State Museum

Arizona State Museum depends on private support from generous friends like yourself for a variety of important programs.

Your cash contributions are completely tax deductible.

Woven Wonders of American Heritage

Help us raise $900,000 to save an American Treasure.

Our immediate priority is to construct a climate-controlled "visible vault" and exhibition space for our Woven Wonders of American Heritage, an unparalelled collection of American Indian basketry, recently designated an American Treasure. Totalling 25,000 pieces of rare and outstanding baskets, sandals, cradle boards, mats, cordage, and preserved fibers, no other museum collection is larger or more comprehensive. More on this project

Donate online quickly and easily using the University of Arizona Foundation's secure website.Opens in a new window Be sure to designate this paticular gift to the "conservation fund."

Giving Opportunities

Help faculty, researchers, and staff fulfill the museum's mission by contributing to one of these areas:

  • Annual Fund
  • Collections Acquisition
  • Conservation / Preservation
  • Public Programs
  • Research

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Endowments

Invest in Arizona State Museum's future financial stability and help ensure that generations to come will have access to its collections and experts.

  • Florence A. Linderman Endowment for the general support of ASM
  • Thomas H. Naylor Memorial Southwestern Book Endowment Fund
  • Jeannette Morrow Matthew Library Endowment Fund
  • Norton Allen American Indian Internship Endowment Fund
  • Raymond H. Thompson Endowment Fund for Research
  • Burgan Endowment Fund for Archaeological Research

For questions about these or other giving opportunities contact
Development Director Sandra Um by email or at 520-626-3466.

For questions about these or other giving opportunities contact
Development Director Sandra Um by email or at 520-626-3466.

Planned Giving

There are a number of ways you can easily plan a significant gift and enjoy tax benefits at the same time:

  • Stocks
  • Life Insurance
  • Charitable Gift Annuities
  • Will or Trust

THANK YOU!

Donation of Objects or Collections

For information on donating objects or collections, contact Arizona State Museum's collections division at 520-621-2079.

ASM carefully considers donations of private collections that are in line with the museum's mission and research purview. We will occasionally consider donations of exceptional world collections for comparative and teaching purposes. Our main areas of interest are:

  • Traditional Southwest Indian art: pottery, basketry, jewelry, textiles
  • Contemporary Southwest Indian art: painting, sculpture, jewelry
  • Objects from the indigenous tribes of northern Mexico: Seri, Yaqui, Mayo, Tarahumara
  • Mexican folk art such as masks and traditional costumes

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