the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary

corporate support

The Muscarelle Museum is a great place to do business.

  • As a Business Exhibition Council member, you join other business leaders who share in MMA’s commitment to collect and conserve art and to offer educational programs to the Williamsburg community.
  • We rely on support from the business community to help maintain the Muscarelle’s reputation as one of the leading art museums in the region.
  • When new businesses consider moving into our area, they want to know what the community has to offer. The Museum is proud to be a leader in Virginia’s art community, providing social, cultural, and creative opportunities to corporate neighbors.


Corporate Partners
The following benefits are designed to add value to your support of the Muscarelle and to bring you and your employees closer together. Whether you host a corporate party in our galleries or use your complimentary passes, you can enjoy the Museum’s collections with clients, colleagues, friends, and family. To receive full tax deductibility, all social benefits must be declined.

 

BUSINESS EXHIBITION PATRON

$1000 - $2499

 

Benefits of Membership:

  • Receive invitations to all Members’ Preview Receptions

  • Receive recognition in all Museum-produced marketing materials associated with the chosen exhibition, including press releases, exhibition announcements, brochures, catalogues and articles in the Museum’s Bulletin

  • Use the Museum’s facility once during the year for a private corporate reception at no charge; cost of catering to be assumed by the corporation

  • Host a customized Employee Appreciation Day. All employees and their families are admitted free with proper ID

  • Ten transferable Museum Admission passes

 


BUSINESS EXHIBITION COUNCIL

$2500 and up

 

Benefits of Membership include all benefits at the Business Exhibition Patron level, plus inclusion in the Annual Selection Dinner. The highlight of the Business Exhibition Council year, the selection dinner is when the Council decides upon the upcoming exhibition that the BEC will fund.

 

 

Muscarelle Exhibition Sponsorship Program

Many excellent opportunities exist for corporations to partner with the Muscarelle Museum of Arts to sponsor a wide variety of outstanding programs, exhibitions and events. These collaborations support the Museum as one of the most important resources for art and education in the region, while at the same time providing significant benefits to the sponsor.

The benefits of sponsorship include:

  • Visibility and recognition that are vital to successful, competitive marketing

  • Exposure to a large and diverse museum audience, the demographics of which demonstrate an attractive consumer profile

  • Association with the Museum, the leading fine arts museum in the Williamsburg region

  • Public appreciation of corporate support for the benefit of the community

Consumers respond to corporate citizenship, where businesses contribute to the communities they serve. Sponsorship is an ideal opportunity to partner with the Museum to help present programs and exhibitions of the highest quality, while at the same time strengthening the corporation’s position in the region and reinforcing its commitment to customer relations.

 

Marketing and Sponsor Impressions

The Muscarelle Museum reaches audiences through distributed printed materials, direct mail, the Museum’s quarterly bulletin, press releases, web site postings, print ads, and editorial coverage. Corporate sponsors are recognized in all paid ads and on all promotional materials.


For further information about corporate sponsorship opportunities at the Muscarelle Museum of Art please contact Sally P. Wolfe, Director of Development, Muscarelle Museum of Art, 757-221-2717, spwolf@wm.edu

 

 

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