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Step Up to the 50th Anniversary Challenge Double Your Support Today! This year, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation commemorates 50 years of service to the Museum of New Mexico. To celebrate, museum members are invited to step up their membership support to meet a special 50th Anniversary Challenge grant. Your increased membership support, by any amount, will have twice the impact because it will be matched dollar for dollar up to a total of $50,000. Plus, you’ll receive extra benefits: Step Up to Sponsor ($125) and receive: Four guest passes Gift set of note cards Step Up to Patron ($250) and receive: Six guest passes One-time 25% Museum Shop discount Step Up to Benefactor ($500) and receive: Eight guest passes One-time 25% Museum Shop discount New Mexico Art Through Time, catalog for New Mexico Museum of Art exhibition It’s About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico, signed by the curator Step Up to Regents’ Circle ($1,500) and receive: Ten guest passes One-time 25% Museum Shop discount New Mexico Art Through Time, catalog for New Mexico Museum of Art exhibition It’s About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico, signed by the curator Benefits of The Circles, including invitations to an exclusive series of events, cultural travel opportunities, and prominent forms of recognition Step up your membership support on or before May 31, 2012 to help us meet the 50th Anniversary Challenge. Visit museumfoundation.org/StepUp/ Call (505) 982-6366 or toll-free 1 (888) 553-MNMF Mail the attached envelope Nancy Dimit, pictured inside the Palace of the Governor’s Courtyard, has been a loyal museum member and donor since the early 1980s. Photo © 2012 Daniel Quat. Clearly, our members are committed. So how do their membership revenues and other contributions impact Museum of New Mexico exhibitions, education and other cultural programs? Consider these impressive facts: • The Foundation-run membership program generates more than $1.2 million in annual member dues, placing it in the top 32 % of museum membership programs nationwide that earn comparable revenues • Member dues, combined with other member contributions, provide more than $4 million in private annual support throughout the Museum of New Mexico • 100 % of membership revenues support the Foundation’s work to provide our partner institutions with fund development for exhibitions and education, financial management and advocacy These stellar markers of private support are critical to excellence, innovation and sustainability at the Museum of New Mexico. As a public-private partnership, the State of New Mexico funds staffing, building operations and care of priceless state art collections. It’s left to members and other private donors to fund exhibitions, education, public programs, acquisitions and other vital elements needed to bring the state’s best offerings in art, history and archaeology to New Mexico and the world. 4 museumfoundation.org
Cultural enlightenment. Personal enrichment. Community connections. These are some of the broad reasons members give for making membership a priority in their busy lives. But at its heart, the truest measure of membership is personal experience. Here, three dedicated members tell why their membership matters: A liFETiME COMMiTMEnT “I’m a museum-a-holic with a passion for history,” says Nancy Dimit, a Santa Fe resident and member since the early 1980s. Raised in Colorado, Dimit’s love of museums took root as a child in the early 1940s, when she spent summers in the Pecos Wilderness with women family members whose husbands were away at war. “I used to visit the Palace of the Governors with my grandmother,” she recalls. “My childhood dream was that I was going to live there.” Dimit is among a group of members who join with a specific museum interest or collecting area. She contributes to all the museums as a Friends group member, but like a majority of all members, the Palace and New Mexico History Museum are particularly important in her life. A former Palace docent, Dimit once volunteered as a museum educator, traveling to schools statewide to teach New Mexico history. Beyond membership, she has contributed to history museum exhibitions and acquisitions and recently provided funding to repair deteriorating Palace windows. Every year, she purchases memberships for her three children. “The opportunities of membership are incredible and have made my life more interesting,” she says. “I take great ownership in these institutions and pride in my involvement. It’s a lifetime commitment.” Continued next page Membership Math An Extraordinary Value! When you add it all up, the total value of your museum membership — in terms of the cultural, educational and personal benefits you receive — far exceeds the cost. We did the math for you, using a one-year, two-person Family/Dual membership as an example: You give $75 You get Your value Free unlimited admission for one year Subscription to El Palacio Magazine 10% Museum Shops discount in stores and online 10% Museum Hill Café discount Tax-deductible donation $72 + $20 $43 + $10 + Varies Your Total Value $165 +
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