Your gift to the Connecticut Museum helps us continue our mission and make a lasting impact. Explore the many ways you can make a difference!

Make a Cash Gift

Cash gifts are straightforward and effective way to support our work with the added tax benefit of being deductible up to 50% of your adjusted gross income (AGI). Unused deductions may be carried forward for five years. Through making a cash gift, you will be supporting the Museum’s ongoing work from exhibitions, collections, education, research to cultural sustainability.

• Give online to the Annual Fund
• Make a memorial or honorary donation to the Annual Fund to be recognized at the front desk on a specific date and support our mission.

If you would prefer to make your contribution by check, please make checks payable to the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History.

Mailing Address:
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Attn: Advancement Office
1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105

Appreciated Stocks and Mutual Funds

This may be a good time for you to take advantage of the benefits of donating appreciated securities. When you give securities that have increased in value and have been held for more than one year, you receive the immediate reward of an income tax charitable deduction based on the current value of the asset as well as the avoidance of capital gains taxes. For information on donations of appreciated assets, please contact Chief Advancement Officer, Jamie O’Brien at jobrien@connecticutmuseum.org.

Tax-Free IRA Charitable Rollover

The IRA charitable rollover, which allows taxpayers age 70 ½ or older to make tax-free charitable gifts of up to $100,000 per year directly from their Individual Retirement Accounts to eligible charities, including the Connecticut Museum, is now a permanent part of the U.S. tax code. This option can be used to satisfy required minimum IRA distributions. For information on taking advantage of the tax-free charitable distribution IRA rollover, please contact Chief Advancement Officer Jamie O’Brien at jobrien@connecticutmuseum.org.

Create a Legacy at the Connecticut Museum

Create a lasting legacy at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. It’s never too early to designate a planned gift in your will or trust to advance the collection, preservation, research, and interpretation of culture and history in the Constitution State. Our strong financial standing of nearly 200 years was built by the many people who have left bequests since the mid-19th century. As the country’s seventh oldest historical society, your bequest allows us to continue to sustain, grow, and thrive. More on Legacy Giving