Somerville Museum Needs a New Roof by Valentine's Day

[veronique4.livejournal.com]

The Somerville Museum is a gem in our fair city and it desperately needs a new roof. The Massachusetts Cultural Facilities fund will match the money raised by the museum, BUT ONLY FOR FUNDS RAISED BY FEB. 14! Yes, that's Monday, Valentine's Day! So if you send just $5, they get $10. They still need around 30K, but an incredible amount has been raised in the last 2 weeks, so it's time for that final push.





The Somerville Museum is a lovely historic building in the center of Somerville that presents art and history exhibits, films and concerts. The museum also hosts the opening exhibit for Somerville Open Studios, houses the historic archives for the city, is available for community meetings, and can be rented for private parties. And it all happens with an army of dedicated volunteers, and some help from the Somerville Preservation Commission.

The 1920's building contains a Bullfinch-designed staircase from the original McLean Hospital, where years ago the director's wife, Mary, had a pet lamb that followed her all around--hence that cute song.

This is a great community resource that deserves some assistance. So be a supporter of the arts and check out Somerville Museum Building Fund and help if you can. You can contribute through paypal, a check in the mail (must arrive by this Monday), or even drop it off during museum hours.

Checks, made out to Somerville Museum BF, go to:
Director
Somerville Museum
One Westwood Road
Somerville, Mass. 02143

To encourage all of you to donate $50 or more between now and February 14th, not only will you receive a free one year membership in Historic Somerville, a souvenir pin that you can where with pride and a piece of the old roof slate, but you will also be given a one year membership to the Somerville Museum, which is good for a 10% discount at the Museum store. If you've given before, consider giving again. After all, we promise we will not ask you for funds toward a new slate roof again in our lifetime (and probably not in yours.)

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I don't see the paypal link on their website. How do we donate via paypal?

Donation link is here (http://info.historicsomerville.org/home.php)

[kimmercake.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting, I am definitely going to donate.

[larksdream]

People might want to notice this part on the donation page:

"Use any of the “Donate” buttons and “About Us/ Contact Us” page to indicate that the funds you donate are to go to the Somerville Museum Building Fund. Otherwise, $25 of your donation will go to a 12-month membership in Historic Somerville (also tax-deductible) with the remaining going to the building fund from now until February 14th."

[molyflogs.livejournal.com]

Not that Wikipedia is always 100% accurate, but it says you're wrong about the origin of the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_had_a_little_lamb

[veronique4.livejournal.com]

I was just passing on text from a friend. I'll make sure to let her know that her information may be wrong!

[notnatalie.livejournal.com]

Your friend is most certainly misinformed. Mary lived in Sterling and was a little girl when the incident happened. The schoolhouse relocated to Sudbury, and Mary ended up living her final years here in Somerville, on Central Street! At an address that is now the Greek Orthodox church.
Maybe Mary did marry the director of McLean Hospital, and her childhood story got confused. The ditty was well known in her lifetime.

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

Do we have to donate by Feb 14th or by the end of the day of Feb 14th?

[veronique4.livejournal.com]

Yes, all donations need to be received by end of the day on Monday. I just made my donation through their Paypal page. I donated $50 because I wanted the year-long membership that comes with it and a piece of tile from the current roof!

This is the url:

http://info.historicsomerville.org/home.php

worth mentioning again:

[kalimba21.livejournal.com]

if you pay by credit card on the link provided, $25 will go to "historic somerville" membership, and not the somerville museum. Unless you contact "historic somerville" to tell them you want it all to go to the museum building fund.

To encourage you to give,if you can...

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

for the fact that this project is well beyond due with the abundant amount of slate that is sitting in the snow around the museum. I dropped a check in the mail slot in the side entrance since it's just down the street.

I hope they make there goal!!