Help Us Enhance Our Museum's Collections

The Acquisitions Fund exists to support the purchase of fine art, historic cultural objects, and archival material that enhance the Museum’s overall collections. Most often acquisitions occur through donation or bequests of artwork and historic items. Sometimes, however, opportunities arise to purchase relevant material at auction or through private sale. A healthy Acquisitions Fund makes it possible for the Museum to seize these opportunities. A gift to the Acquisitions Fund in 2018 made possible the purchase at auction of the lovely Grace Hudson portrait of the Hudsons’ dog Mascot that now is on exhibit in the Sun House. The Mascot portrait is one of only two known paintings of the Hudsons’ beloved pet.