Annual Giving

It’s been 20 years since the Abbe Museum opened in downtown Bar Harbor, and since then, the Museum has become a Smithsonian Affiliate, an active member of the International Coalition for the Sites of Conscience, a partner to Acadia National Park, and a committed and involved community anchor. And, we’ve been able to achieve this success thanks to the support of people like you.

 
 

Your gift to the Abbe Museum will allow us to continue to make a lasting impact with Wabanaki tribal members, museum visitors, and local citizens. Every voice matters and your support has never been more crucial.  We hope you’ll become a part of the Abbe’s story, shaping and influencing our future path. Thank you for believing in what we do!

 

Planned Giving

Contribute to the Abbe’s future by planning for a special kind of gift. Although cash contributions are always appreciated, there are other creative and flexible options that can benefit you and the Museum. You can help ensure the Abbe's future by creating a trust while you are living or by including the Museum in your will.

Appreciated securities are an excellent way of funding many of these gifts, often unlocking greater income while eliminating, or at least reducing, capital gains tax. One easy way to include the Museum in your estate plan is to name the Abbe Museum as a beneficiary of your donor-advised fund, retirement plan, IRA, or life insurance policy. Doing so is as simple as filling out a beneficiary designation form from your plan provider or administrator.

Donors who contribute through a planned gift or make a provision for the Museum in their estate plans are eligible to join the Sieur de Monts Society, a group that recognizes the generosity of donors who contribute to the Museum in this special way.

 

Ways to Give

  • Gift of Cash or Marketable Securities

  • Bequests

  • Sieur de Monts Society

  • Charitable Gift Annuities

  • Charitable Remainder Trusts

  • Charitable Lead Trusts

  • Retirement Assets, Life Insurance, and Real Estate

  • Named Endowment Fund

  • Planned Giving Calculator

  • Planned Giving Glossary

 

To discuss these options, please contact us at (207) 288-3519 or development@abbemuseum.org.