DONATING & VOLUNTEERING
The Morgantown History Museum stands as a beacon of local and regional heritage, offering a comprehensive look into the rich tapestry that has shaped Morgantown and its surrounding areas.
Thinking about donating or loaning artifacts to the Museum?
Donate an Artifact
We encourage you to speak with museum staff as we evaluate whether the object is a good fit for our collection/whether our museum is a good fit for the object. Due to space and care requirements, we consider every donation offer carefully. Artifact assessments can be conducted over email with museum staff or in-person by appointment. If an object is accepted, donors are required to fill out a Deed of Gift form.
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The Deed of Gift form is used by individuals and organizations who gift the ownership of an artifact or artifacts to the museum. These artifacts become museum property and are kept as part of the museum archive.
The donor will receive one copy of the Deed of Gift (if requested) and the museum will keep one on file permanently. Once this form is signed, the process is complete and unrestricted ownership of the artifact is transferred to the museum.
After this transfer, the artifact is cataloged into the museum’s collections database, carefully preserved, and accessed for later exhibition, special programming, or research requests.
To discuss potential donations please contact the Museum at 304-319-1800, or email morgantownwvhistory@morgantownwv.gov.
Please DO NOT drop off artifact donations at the Museum without contacting Museum staff first.​
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Loans
We are happy to hear of items we might be able to borrow on a temporary basis for our exhibition program. Loans are handled on a case-by-case basis.
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The loan form is specific to artifact loans from institutions (such as other museums) and for short term loans of objects from individuals that are exhibit specific (such as when we borrow someone's item) This form means that we have been loaned the item or items for a short term that is predetermined. Usually, it is no more than a few months to a year.
If you have items you think would be of interest to the Museum and its audience, please contact the Museum at
304-319-1800, or email morgantownwvhistory@morgantownwv.gov.
Thinking about volunteering at the Museum?
There are lots of opportunities to help out at the Museum!
Please contact Museum staff at morgantownwvhistory@morgantownwv.gov or (304) 319-1800 if you're interested.
CONTACT
Address: 175 Kirk Street,
Morgantown, WV 26505
morgantownwvhistory@morgantownwv.gov
Phone Number: 304-319-1800
Wed - Fri: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
​​Sat - Sun: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The museum is closed on all major holidays