Guarantee the Future of the Merchant's House With a Planned Gift
Since its founding, the Merchant’s House Museum has been fortunate to receive annual support from individuals who recognize the lasting value of this magnificent exemplar of a vanished time and place in New York.
Today, the Museum’s ongoing accomplishments in the areas of historic preservation, collections conservation, and public education depend more than ever on the generosity of its members and friends.
An important source of support for the Merchant’s House Museum is represented by those who have chosen to provide for the Museum beyond their lifetimes – either through bequests of cash or property in their wills, or by designating the Museum as a beneficiary of their life insurance policies, retirement plans, or annuities. These extraordinary gifts help guarantee the future strength and security of this irreplaceable National Historic and New York City Landmark – unique in all New York as the City’s only family home preserved intact, inside and out, from the 19th century.
We hope that you, too, will consider remembering and supporting the Merchant’s House Museum in this special way. Planned gifts can be directed in a number of ways – providing support for operations, or for the Museum’s permanent Endowment Fund, or earmarked for one or more of our key programs – Restoration, Collections Conservation, or Public Education.
We would be pleased to meet with you and your financial or legal advisor to discuss a Planned Gift to the Museum -- as well as the ways in which your generosity might be permanently recognized. If you have questions or would like to receive additional information about the Museum’s work and your planned giving options, we invite you to contact us in confidence.
Please call 212-777-1089, or write to Margaret Halsey Gardiner, Executive Director, Merchant’s House Museum, 29 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003, or to pi@merchantshouse.org.