Fundraising and How To Donate

Credit: Dubadah Boldeau

Preserving Priceless Mementoes, Conserving Current History:
The Museum Invites Interests in Funding Exhibits

The Museum is currently engaged in raising more than CI$500,000 to help pay for exhibit re-building, involving specialised fittings and furnishings. These permanent exhibits have been developed by the US-based Wilderness Graphics, Inc.

To fund this, exhibit and other sponsorship opportunities are available, ranging from $2,000 to $300,000, with an average of around $10,000. Among the most impressive will be the proposed “Sail ‘Hoy” Maritime Heritage International Travelling Exhibit which will take the Cayman Islands to the world. Donors’ names will appear on a “Sponsors” Wall at the Courtyard of the Museum, and will be positioned as well in the galleries.

There is also the “Old Gaol” conservation and research programme. The discovery last year of writing on three walls in the Museum’s Old Gaol has prompted further academic and scientific exploration into the age and significance of this important graffiti. The old handwriting, with its potentially significant historic import, will be presented for public viewing after all the centuries-old wall coverings have been peeled away in the meticulous expert initiative.

The Object Theatre Auditorium, the setting for the audio-visual show, will be entirely re-vamped with state-of-the-art, back-of-house technology. This is a great project for a high-net-worth individual or company, given the large local and overseas audience it is likely to attract.

Medium-range opportunities include an underwater cave diorama, an exhibit on politics and the judicial system, and the “Old Seaman” diorama, a local favourite. More moderate sponsorship opportunities include the Welcome Kiosk, a mosaic of habitats, a “Walk-Through-Time” history timeline, and a church life vignette, among others.

For those whose budgets allow smaller donations, there is the “Special Specimens” changing display, among others, and panels on a variety of topics – conservation, bush medicine, island industries, shipbuilding, turtling, and fishing, and more.

Potential donors may include banks and other entities in the financial sector, large hardware and other stores, freeport shops, dive operations, government departments, churches, associations, and schools at all levels, among others.

In addition, families, especially those whose names have been associated with the history and development of the Cayman Islands, have the opportunity to preserve this connection for posterity.

Persons interested in learning more about becoming a donor, may contact the Museum at fundraising@museum.ky or call 345-949-8368.