Donations

The development and maintenance of the Museum has been done through the generosity of people just like you giving of their time and money as well as in-kind donations. Without you none of this would be possible.

There is still much work to be done on the building, scraping and painting of outside walls and windows. There is still some electrical work to be done and we are still in need of a furnace/air conditioning unit.  

We have recently raised $9,500 through private donations to replace a dangerous and crumbing porch. This was completed in June 2009.

We are grateful to Citizens Bank for their continued support, and the private donors who chose to remain anonymous.

We are proud of our citizens and especially the children who have helped to bring the museum up to this point in such record time.

As of April 2009 we have 47 “Friends of the NCM” whose contributions have kept us afloat since our opening. This has been supplemented by bake sales and other activities.

Volunteers as docents,(tour guides) would be welcome as it would enable opening of the museum more hours a week.

At present we are only open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10am-1pm, or by appointment with Elizabeth teGroen at (573) 762 3077.

All donations are gratefully accepted. Please consider becoming a "Friend of the Newburg Children's Museum", by downloading, completing, and mailing this form.

For in-kind donations please contact our Curator, Elizabeth teGroen at 573-762-3077

Needs

• Volunteers to keep the museum open for visitors.
• Volunteers to help with the children’s program on Thursday afternoon from 3.30-5pm.
• The installation of electricity to be completed.
• Once the electricity is completely installed we need to install lights, fans and heaters to overcome the freezing in winter and heat of mid summer, so at last the museum can function throughout the year.
• The old and inefficient windows need to be replaced, which will cut the costs of air conditioning considerably as would insulation in the attic.
• Two sides of the building need painting and scraping.
• 9 Solar panels would supply electricity for both the museum and the Houston House, and cut down our expenses. It would also provide the children with knowledge of alternative fuels in a demonstration of the workings and advantages of the use of various fuels.
• For the contents of the museum we would like a tumbler, so the children could learn how to polish stones.
• An ultraviolet light would be useful to have so as to show up different characteristics of certain rocks.