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Why does the Iron Hill Museum need a
Capital Campaign |
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With the space available, we can no
longer accommodate the number of
students who wish to visit the
museum. The current museum can only
handle about one bus load of
students at a time—the new Learning
Center will allow us to welcome
multiple groups of students at the
same time, allowing many more
students to benefit from the
museum’s collections. It will also
create enough space so that we can
add work benches and lab benches
where students can learn hands-on
about Delaware’s natural
environment.
In addition, we won’t be able to
restore the schoolhouse until we are
able to move our exhibits to the new
facility.
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What will the current museum building be
used for? |
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We will restore the one-room
schoolhouse that originally occupied
the current museum building,
complete with original desks, a
pot-bellied stove, and books, and
create exhibits that will tell the
story not only of the Delaware
African Americans who attended this
one-room schoolhouse, but all 90
schoolhouses like this that existed
in Delaware before public school
integration
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How much will the new Learning Center
cost? |
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Early on we also
received a $25,000 development grant from the
Welfare Foundation and an in kind donation from Remline Company for a descriptive
brochure of the project. In time we received a
contribution from New Castle County Government
of $1,000,000. Recently we have received
contributions of $25,000 from the Crystal Trust
and $5,000 from the BHF Foundation.
We need an
additional $1,320,000 for phase I of the project
and $250,000 for the school house restoration. |
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How can patrons and the general public
help with the cost of the new Learning
Center? |
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Though our
goal for the Learning Center fund is
ambitious, we are confident that with
the help of our patrons and the general
public, we will reach our ultimate goal.
As always, we encourage patrons and
friends of the museum to contribute to
our Capital Campaign by making a
donation of support. Donations can be
made in numerous ways as detailed on the
Ways to Give page. |
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