Support

SCMA is proud to participate in three national art museum reciprocal membership programs. Privileges include free admission, plus select café and shop discounts at participating museums. (Check with each museum for specific reciprocal membership benefits.)

 

You can double or triple the impact of your donation to SCMA through a matching gift program, offered by many employers. Contact your Human Resources department to inquire. If they offer a matching gift program, they will provide you with an online or paper form to complete.

 

Please mail completed paper forms to:

Smith College Museum of Art 

Gift Accounting 

33 Elm Street, Northampton, MA 01063

Friends of Smith 

 

The Friends of Smith College share a vision of education that goes beyond the classroom. They support unique resources that distinguish and enhance the Smith College experience.

 

Join all four Smith College Friends groups (Athletics, Botanic Garden, Libraries and Museum of Art) simultaneously at the Contributor level to receive a 20 percent discount on your membership.  

 

Please visit the Friends of Smith College website to learn more. 

SCMA accepts select gifts of art for its permanent collection. Our Curatorial Council reviews gift offers and considers factors including the quality of the artwork, its appropriateness to the museum’s educational mission and collection, and its provenance.

Gifts of art may be tax deductible. Donors should consult their tax advisors for details. If related to Smith's educational mission, the gift may generate a tax deduction for the full market value as determined by a qualified independent appraiser. The museum is not permitted to appraise artworks or to recommend appraisers, but can supply names of appraisal services.

If you are considering a gift of art, please email artmuseum@smith.edu or call 413-585-2760.

Planned gifts can benefit you and SCMA by leaving a legacy and securing the museum's future. Smith College’s planned giving staff will be pleased to provide you with information about and support in making a bequest, charitable gift annuity or charitable trust. They can also help you designate gifts of artwork for SCMA in your will. Planned Giving Website

The Hillyer Society recognizes friends of SCMA who have made a commitment to the future of the institution by including the museum in their estate plans with a promised gift of art that the museum has agreed to accept. The Hillyer Society is named for Winthrop Hillyer, the first benefactor of the museum, whose gifts in the 1880s funded acquisitions and the construction of new galleries for the growing collection. The commitment of gifts of art continues a distinguished history of philanthropy that has built SCMA into what it is today.

 

For further information, please contact Jessica Nicoll, Director and Louise Ines Doyle ’34 Chief Curator or Sam Samuels, Director of Planned Giving.

An endowed gift is a significant sum of money that is managed by Smith College. The principal is never spent, but the income it generates is used for a purpose agreed upon by the donor and the college.

 

Because SCMA depends on endowment support for the long term, creating an endowed fund is a way to ensure that what you value most about SCMA will extend beyond your lifetime. Museum donors have established endowed funds that support art acquisitions, staff positions, internships and post-graduate fellowships, conservation, exhibitions, publications, research, academic initiatives, lectures and symposia. Endowed gifts can be made either during the donor’s lifetime or by a bequest.

For information about establishing an endowment at SCMA, please contact Jessica Nicoll, Director and Louise Ines Doyle ’34 Chief Curator or Sam Samuels, Director of Planned Giving.

Lauren Shea-Warner, Membership, Engagement and Stewardship Coordinator

SCMAmembers@smith.edu or 413-585-2777