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September 4, 2013

September Newsletter 

The National LGBT Museum continuesto make strides toward establishing the

first national institution to

commemorate, celebrate and share the

history and culture of the LGBT

community. This summer has broughtus substantially closer to our goal.

To begin, we have expanded our Board

and Leadership Councils, which are

comprised of people who believe in the

Museum and are dedicated to the

 project. We also partnered with Lord

Cultural Resources, a firm that has

worked with some of the largest andmost reputable museums in the country,

to complete the third phase of our 

Museum Master Plan.

Our Board, along with our team of 

advisors, has created a revolutionary

 business model that is expected to serve

as a blueprint for future nonprofitmuseums and will enable us to reach out

to the international LGBT community.

This model will pull in diverse sources

of funding for the construction and

operation of the Museum.

Respective to the acquisitions arm of the

 project, the National LGBT Museum

has recruited collections and exhibitionsmanagers with decades of experience

 between then (for museums such as the

Smithsonian Institution and United

States Holocaust Memorial Museum).

These individuals comprise the

Collections Committee, which is tasked

front of the Supreme Court when DOMAwas overturned.

The Museum has also created a

Development Subcommittee to generate

or solicit new contributions through

streamlining and targeting our 

 branding/messaging, orchestrating

events and raising awareness. The

Museum is excited to begin hosing

fundraising events across the country

 beginning this fall.

Local and national publications—both

LGBT-oriented and not—havedemonstrated interest in the National

LGBT Museum, and many (including

the Washington Post ) have printed

editorials on the project and its

Founder/CEO Tim Gold. Our press

contacts have been receptive to covering

our progress and encouraging their 

readers to get involved and donateartifacts.

The National LGBT Museum invites you

or your organization to partner with us as

we look forward to completing thenecessary steps to establish a home for 

the museum in our nation’s capital.

For more information, please contact our 

Project Coordinator Chris Kane at

ckane@velvetfoundation.org or by

 phone at (704) 778-7590

with handling new acquisitions andformulating strategies for collecting

new artifacts.

At this time, we have acquired nearly

5,000 objects and artifacts, which are

housed in a professional museum

storage facility in Forestville, MD. Our 

growing collections include objects

that tell the stories of prominent figures

such as Greg Louganis, Glenn Burke,

Tyler Clementi, Bayard Rustin, and

Frank Kameny. The Museum aims to

represent all contingent groups within

the LGBT community, including thosewho are often neglected or 

underrepresented, and this

consideration has been an integral part

of the collections process.

Earlier this year, the Museum

 published a booklet entitled Here I Am,

which details our objectives andmission statement, along with our 

(eponymously titled) core exhibit.

Much of this content is included on our 

website, and the Museum continues to

 promote the booklet (available for  purchase at nationallgbtmuseum.org),

which has helped raise awareness

about the project by encapsulating its

core mission.

In June, the Museum participated in the

Capital Pride Parade, holding signs that

recreated past protests (some of which

are pictured above). We also celebrated

with people from around the country in

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