Donate

Support the Annual Fund

Making a donation to the Annual Fund helps the Museum every day by supporting the infrastructure and regular operations on which all programs and collections conservation depend.

You have choices of how to give:

  • Online
  • Checks, made out to Maine Maritime Museum (note “Annual Fund” on the memo line)
  • Cash, by coming in to the Museum Admissions Desk.
  • Stock, by calling the Development Director at (207) 443-1316 ext. 327 for transfer instructions.

If your employer has a Matching Gift Program, please consider taking advantage of it to magnify the impact of your gift. See your corporate program administrator for the proper form to initiate the process.

Questions?
Call (207) 443-1316 ext. 327 or
email support@maritimeme.org

Donate to the Endowment Fund

Maine Maritime Museum has a special obligation as steward of its renowned collection for the benefit of today’s and future generations, to both provide for its conservation and care, and to share it for the public’s education and enjoyment. The Museum’s endowment exists to help provide a reliable annual income year after year, assuring quality programs, the collection’s care, and the public’s benefit.

If you are interested in supporting the Museum’s future, and are attracted to the idea that your gift today will help grow the Endowment to generate an increasing infusion of income to the Museum each year, please consider a gift to the Endowment Fund.

Donating to the Endowment Fund is simple, and can be done, like gifts to the Annual Fund, in a number of ways:

  • Online (please note you are designating your gift to the Endowment Fund)
  • Checks, made out to Maine Maritime Museum (note “Endowment Fund” on the memo line)
  • Cash, by coming in to the Museum Admissions Desk and mentioning your gift's designation.
  • Stock, by calling the Development Director at (207) 443-1316 ext. 327 for transfer instructions and discussing your gift designation.

Sponsor a Program, Event or Exhibit

The Museum accepts gifts from individuals, foundations, and businesses to support specifically designated programs, events or exhibits. Please call the Director of Development at (207) 443-1316 ext. 327 to discuss your interests and intentions.

Make a Planned Gift

What will be your legacy? How will you be remembered? How will you have made a difference?

Each of us will ask ourselves these types of questions one day. Of course, this leads to thinking about family, community, and what has been meaningful in one’s life.

You may be one who believes that Maine has a special heritage and character, shaped by its rocky shores and sand beaches, the water and the wind – the ways of life and culture that developed here are things that are valuable today, as they were yesterday. If so, you may choose to make a significant gift through your will or another vehicle that will help Maine Maritime Museum’s mission in a lasting way.

Planned gifts are generally classified by what vehicle they use or by what asset is transferred.

Bequests are stipulated in one’s will, or added to an existing will in a codicil. Typically they are simple statements of an asset, a set dollar amount or set percentage of one’s estate bequeathed to Maine Maritime Museum.

Charitable remainder trusts are a legal tool for individuals with substantial assets to strategically maximize tax advantages by moving particular assets out of their estates into trusts that manage the assets. The trust’s purpose is to initially generate income to beneficiaries and ultimately, to benefit a charity like Maine Maritime Museum. Charitable lead trusts are similar tools that benefit the charity initially, rather than later. Attorneys with estate planning expertise work with individuals and their families to draft what best will accomplish the individuals’ intent.

Planned gifts classified by asset – for example life insurance, retirement plans, real estate, personal property or business property – may be donated during one’s life or under the terms of a will or trust.

Maine Maritime Museum is thankful to those who have chosen to include the Museum in their wills or have otherwise provided for a planned gift. As you tour the Museum buildings and grounds and note the honor rolls and signs recognizing those individuals, please join us in gratitude for their lasting legacies.

Donate an Item to the Collection or the Library

If you believe you have an item or book that is an exceptional example of part of Maine’s maritime heritage that you would like to donate, please contact the Curator and Library Director at (207) 443-1316 ext. 328 – and thank you!

Donate to the Wish List

Maine Maritime Museum often has the need for items outside the realm of our collections. A list of items can be found in the Museum’s quarterly newsletter The Rhumb Line or by calling the Development office at (207) 443-1316 ext. 344.

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