ACCESS FOR ALL & More Campaign

Access for All & More Celebration Event: Saturday, November 4, 2023

All donors who donate $1,000 or more will be included on an exterior donor recognition display. The last day donations can be included on this display is November 4, 2023. Donate today and be remembered forever!

Our Capital Campaign Goal: Phase 1 & 2 = $2.75 million

Check out our Givebutter fundraising site to see how close we are to raising the rest of our goal!

WHAT ACCESSIBILITY INCLUDES

  • The Museum will meet the standards required of a museum and cultural organization in the 21st century.

  • The new entrance will allow access to all three floors and public areas of this elegant building.

  • All visitors will have the opportunity to see and appreciate the beautiful, newly restored, and historic double flying staircase created by Charles Bulfinch in 1792 for a patron living in what is now Somerville.

  • All visitors will have a chance to hear live music performances, listen to stimulating lectures, and see thought-provoking exhibits.

  • All visitors will be able to access the ADA-compliant restrooms.

  • Climate control will be introduced to preserve the historic collections.

  • Access to the collections will be improved.

  • Important pieces of the collection can be conserved knowing that these efforts will be sustained by the improved environment.

  • Students, artists, researchers, and conservators will be supported in activities at the Museum through access to a new multipurpose room.

  • Civic cultural organizations will be able to use the Museum as a cultural center again.

  • As an ADA-compliant organization, the Museum will be eligible for federal and state grants.

As the Boston Globe calls us in their recent article, we are a ‘gem of the city’ and this is your museum.

For over 100 years, the Somerville Museum has held space for the stories that shape our collective history. As we pivoted throughout the pandemic, we considered how to grow through this time of crisis to better serve the community. We are proud to announce the launch of our Access for All & More Campaign, which will enable us to make critical upgrades to our historic building and will increase accessibility to our programming, website and museum community as a whole. Join us in creating the space that will tell our stories for the next 100 years.

The Somerville Museum and the Access for All & More Campaign have been in the news!