Giving

Several objects on loan to the MSV from private collectors are on display in the Shenandoah Valley Gallery Decorative Arts rooms.

 

Pictured In Text

A detail of a Virginia Star appliqué quilt made around 1880 in the Shenandoah Valley (attributed).

 

Quickfact

Approximately sixty percent of the Museum's annual operating budget is provided by the Glass-Glen Burnie Foundation. The Museum Giving Circle Program, Membership program, annual giving campaign, site rentals, admissions, and Museum Store Sales comprise the remaining portion.

Tax-deductible contributions are vital to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.  The depth of the museum’s programming is directly proportional to that of our donors' support.

Tax-deductible ways you can support the Museum's mission to collect, preserve, and interpret include:


  •  Annual Cash Gifts
  •  Gifts of Securities
  •  MSV Giving Circles and the Compass Society
      For additional information about the Museum’s seven
      Giving Circles and the privileges afforded for joining
      these circles, click here.
  •  Estate Gifts
      For longer term gifts such as bequests, charitable gift
      annuities, and other sources of planned giving, please
      contact the Development office.
  •  Gifts of Heritage

As a museum dedicated to telling the story of the art, history and culture of the Shenandoah Valley, we are always interested in hearing from those who have objects that they would like to share with the museum.  Do you have something that you would like to bring to the attention of the MSV Collections Department? Please contact the Collections Department or download, print, and complete the following documents: Donor Information and Object Information.

For additional information about tax-wise ways to make a gift to the support the Museum's education efforts or acquisitions fund, please contact the MSV Director of Development, Frances W. Crawford, CFRE at (540) 662-1473, ext. 217.

Thank you!