Anonymous Donor Gifts $25M To Denver Museum Of Nature And Science

Denver CO

23 December, 2021

11:25 AM

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DENVER, CO — The Denver Museum of Nature and Science received the largest gift in its history last week, as an anonymous donor donated $25 million. The museum said 90 percent of the money will establish an endowment fund at the museum foundation that "will support the Museum's conservation work over the long term," according to a news release. Ten percent of the money will go directly to the museum for equipment, staffing, and launch activities. "We are amazed by the donor's generosity and vision," said George Sparks, Museum President and CEO, in the news release. "The support will vastly expand the Museum's capacity for collections conservation." "Collections are treasures held in the public trust. Preserving them and making them accessible to source communities, scientists and the public has long been an institutional priority," said Stephen E. Nash, Museum Director of Anthropology and Senior Curator of Archaeology. "This unprecedented gift will take our work to another level, with the expertise and state-of-the-art analytical equipment needed to advance the field and train the next generation of conservation professionals from a wide range of backgrounds. It will position the Museum as a leader in culturally-inclusive object conservation in the Rocky Mountain region, nationally and internationally."