Potential Object Donation Form

Thank you for considering the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center as a home for your donated object(s).

The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center ("the museum") accepts artifact donations that fit our mission and further our educational and interpretive goals.  Each potential donation is carefully reviewed by the Collections Committee, overseen by the Board of Directors, and governed by the museum's Collections Management Policy.

To help the museum review your donation offer, please complete the form below.  Upon receipt of your inquiry, our Collections Committee will be in touch to further discuss the object(s) and possible next steps.

Filling out this form does not guarantee that a donation will be accepted into the collection. 

Completion and submission of this form by, or on behalf of, the donor(s) confirms that the donor(s) has read the following criteria, agrees to the terms of the potential donation, and confirms that the object(s) meets the museum’s guidelines for acquisition: 

  • related to the museum ’s mission and its strategic goals; 
  • in acceptable condition or is accompanied by appropriate financial support for care or restoration; 
  • has clear, unquestioned ownership by donor(s); 
  • is within the museum’s capability to provide adequate conservation, care and maintenance; and 
  • the museum’s current intent is to hold the object permanently or for as long as the object retains physical integrity or usefulness.
All donations are to be outright and unconditional.  The museum cannot guarantee that objects donated will be placed or remain on display, or that they will be exhibited or stored as a single collection.  In addition, please be aware that the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center retains full authority for curatorial and other decisions pertaining to the object(s) including but not limited to classification, use, interpretation, conservation, and deaccessioning of objects.  

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FIRST Name *
LAST Name
EMAIL Address *
Phone Number
Address (CITY and STATE only) *
Ownership (Are you the sole owner of the object(s)?) *
Object Ownership (How did you acquire the object(s) and how long have you owned it/them?) *
Object Description (Please tell us about the object(s) you would like to donate to the museum.) *
Object Condition (Please describe the overall condition of the object(s).  Include information about any damage or wear, like chips, missing parts, holes, tears, stains, or other damage.)
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Other Information (Please tell us anything else you would like us to know about the object(s) and/or why you are offering to make the donation to the museum.)
Consent:

By clicking "Submit," I give the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center permission to consider, and to contact me regarding, the object(s) described above as a donation to the museum.  I understand that if the object(s) is/are accepted for donation to the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center, that they will be irrevocably donated without restriction and that the museum will retain full authority, curatorial and otherwise, over the object(s).  I further understand that filling out this form does not guarantee that a donation will be accepted into the collection.
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