http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2009/12/28/dear-museums-help-me-to-help-you/
I emailed them asking how to give them a chunk of cash and got no answer in a month. Same from their Twitter. Well done.
- d.
Googling for "victoria and albert museum donations" gives this page as the first http://www.vam.ac.uk/support_us/giving_va/index.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/support_us/giving_va/index.htmlOn that page it says that you can donate through the Charities Aid Foundation website and it provides a link to their homepage (http://www.cafonline.org/). Unfortunately the CAF site is an abomination of ASP.Net and there is no way for the V&A or me to link to the specific charity page (or for Google to index it); you have to search for "Victoria and Albert museum" and click on the JavaScript link to get to a non-bookmarkable page giving information on "Friends of the V&A" (which is the charity that deals with memberships and donations for the V&A), Hit the donate button and it asks how you want to pay - including credit cards.
Hope this helps
James
On 3 February 2010 17:14, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2009/12/28/dear-museums-help-me-to-help-you/
I emailed them asking how to give them a chunk of cash and got no answer in a month. Same from their Twitter. Well done.
- d.
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On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 06:17:16PM +0000, James Hardy wrote:
Googling for "victoria and albert museum donations" gives this page as the first http://www.vam.ac.uk/support_us/giving_va/index.html
I think it was more the principle of them not replying to emails that David was trying to get across. :)
Thanks though!
Isabell.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Yes, odd that. What do other museums do?
Gordo
Well, it rather depends. Some museums show bones of dinosaurs, stuffed walruses (walri?), a collection of moths, a few skulls. Others have artefacts from Egypt (usually a mock up of The Invisible Man), coins and incomplete sculptures (full sculptures cost too much).
They have cabinets in common; lots of cabinets made of glass. Doors, ceilings... everything.
You should go one day.
On 05/02/2010 18:38, Bod Notbod wrote:
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Gordon Jolygordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Yes, odd that. What do other museums do?
Gordo
Well, it rather depends. Some museums show bones of dinosaurs, stuffed walruses (walri?), a collection of moths, a few skulls. Others have artefacts from Egypt (usually a mock up of The Invisible Man), coins and incomplete sculptures (full sculptures cost too much).
They have cabinets in common; lots of cabinets made of glass. Doors, ceilings... everything.
You should go one day.
I did once. And I was also a Trustee of a charity that owned a building that housed a museum.
Gordo
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