ARTIFACT DONATIONS
Artifact Donations
Thank you for thinking of the Massillon Museum for the home of your historic object.
Please schedule an appointment with the staff so that we may give you the attention and time you deserve. We are not legally allowed to accept anonymous donations. We will ask you to fill out a form so that we can properly document your item and track where objects come from.
Liz Flood sorting through archived photographs and documents.
Who should you contact?
Curator of Football Heritage
Bailey Yoder
Paul Brown Museum exhibition development, donations to the the Paul Brown Museum, Paul Brown Research Library, collections and archives care, photograph reproductions, research and film requests
Sponsorships & Donations
Adopt-a-drawer or adopt-a-box
The storage of items in our collections and archives is costly. Your donation can go to house a specific collection, item, or shelf within the state-of-the-art collections storage room.
Adopt-a-Drawer: You can sponsor a cabinet drawer that will hold some of the collections more fragile artifacts. Your name will be placed on a plaque on the cabinet drawer acknowledging your contribution. In addition, your name will be listed on the Preservation Honor Roll on our website and in our quarterly newsletter.
Levels: $75 half drawer / $150 full drawer
Adopt-a-Box: You can sponsor an archival box that will hold Museum materials such as Civil War letters, city ledgers, or photographs. Your name will appear on the outside of the box acknowledging your contribution. In addition, your name will listed on Preservation Honor Roll on our website and in our quarterly newsletter.
Levels: $10 one box / $25 three boxes
To read more about the award-winning storage space, please click here, or you can email Archivist Mandy Altimus Stahl about your sponsorship!
Artifact Donations:
Items we are looking for:
Newspapers pre-1900: such as the Massillon Evening Item, Massillon Gleaner, Massillon Weekly Union
Massillon Washington High School Yearbooks:
|
Pre-1905 |
1973 |
(updated September 2019)
Massillon Schools Middle School/Junior High yearbooks:
| Longfellow Poetscript |
Lorin Andrews Dragoneer |
Massillon Intermediate School |
Massillon Middle School |
Massillon Junior High |
|
1950s |
1950s
|
Pre-2012 |
pre-2006 2010 2013-present |
pre-2013 |
Items we are NOT accepting:
- Hats from 1900-present
- Yearbooks not listed above
- McGuffy Readers
- Massillon Independent Newspapers or modern newspapers
Where to take your Yearbooks:
If we decide not to accept your yearbook, there are two places we suggest you contact:
Washington High School Alumni Association
207 Oak Ave SE, Massillon, OH 44646
(330) 832-1224
Click here to visit their website.
Appraisals
Massillon Museum staff can help you look at your item for an initial assessment (example: whether your framed piece is an original or a printed poster).
Unfortunately the Massillon Museum cannot help you appraise the value of an object. We would suggest, however, that you contact the appraiser we go to for our questions:
WIPIAK CONSULTING AND APPRAISALS: Andrew Richmond
Phone 740.760.1788
Decorative arts, fine arts, estate
Wipiak Consulting and Appraisals' Website
Email Andrew
CRAIG PERSONAL JEWELERS: Fred Craig
Phone: 330.492.8822
Jewelry
Craig Person Jewelers' Website
Email Craig
Conservation and Restoration
We suggest you contact these places:
http://www.ica-artconservation.org
2915 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: (216) 658-8700
Email: ica@ica-artconservation.org
Specializes in works of art on paper and canvas
http://www.mckaylodge.com/
10915 Pyle-South Anherst Rd., Oberlin, OH 44074
Phone: (440) 774-4215
Email: mckaylodge@gmail.com
Specializes in works of art on paper and canvas, maps, documents, collection surveys
128 Morgan Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
Phone: (800) 408-7227
Email: mheller@oberlin.net
Book binding, paper conservation-restoration, wet book recovery
http://esperbindery.com/
2800 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH 44104
Phone: (216) 431-1221
DIY Preservation & Museum improvements
Or use one of these professional websites for DIY projects or Museum improvements:
Preservation Briefs from the National Parks Service
https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs.htm
Northeast Document Conservation Center
https://www.nedcc.org/