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This Is How We Do It: One Person, One Day At A Time With Inspiration For All – SUPPORT MoM! We NEED YOU NOW.

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Can you answer this question? How many people wept tears of gratitude on Saturday at the Museum of Motherhood, either because they felt ‘seen’, ‘heard’, or because they accessed the information they’d been seeking?

The answer is THREE, in addition to the other amazing people we had the pleasure of interacting with. We witnessed the overwhelmed military mom, a traveler from Dallas, and a son who recently lost his mother and was looking for connection. They all dabbed tears from their eyes. Since moving to The Factory in St Pete, we are greeting approximately 1,200 people a month with a mission of informing and inspiring lives while remaining free and open to the public. We are able to do this because of your generous donations.

The non-profit world is hard. It’s a fact that many museums struggle to maintain their collections, buildings and staff. MoM currently has over a dozen community volunteers, a devoted director, a strategic team for infrastructure building and fiscal growth, a commendable collection of mother-made art, and a mission of taking our rightful place in the museum world.

For twenty years, on a shoestring budget, with an unrelenting commitment to thrive, founder Martha Joy Rose has championed the Museum of Motherhood, first through its New York non-profit status with the Motherhood Foundation Inc, to the MaMaPaLooZa Festival, to the streets of Seneca Falls, to Manhattan College, to the Department of Gender and Sexuality at USF in Tampa, to St Petersburg, Florida.

In 2019, the MOM Art Annex 501c3 was approved for Florida non-profit status. Then, the pandemic. MoM pivoted to mentor eighteen interns from around the world with a variety of projects and made its facility available to over a dozen artists in residence supporting mother made art, literature, and performance. Post-pandemic, from 2022-2023, we conducted over 178 in-home tours featuring the artifacts in our permanent collection, hosted healthy community suppers for families in need, and participated in Localtopia. We were able to purchase the Mother Tree for our permanent collection in 2023 and make the transition from the MOM Art Annex office to The Factory in the Arts District of St. Pete.

The Time For MoM’s Sustainability Is Now

We are poised for success. Our ducks are in a row, our noses are clean and our strategy for success is in place. All we need now are the partnerships, dollars, and donors to take this museum production to legacy status. Our goals are to continue to build out community partnerships. This year we added the Fairgrounds St Pete, Heiress Gallery, Girls Rock St Pete, and Naaman Creative to our team of community collaborators.

Our space at The Factory is staffed and ready to greet you. Exhibitions since our opening in September have included Amy Wolf’s wearable collection, and Alexia Nye Jackson’s Mother: The Job. Plans are underway for our annual spring MoM Conference, and future exhibits with Madison Hendry and Christen Clifford.

Please Donate Today

Our Go Fund Me has launched with a goal of raising $30K. (These dollars have already been matched for our 2023 budget). Now we need to raise the rest! We will be using this money to pay our rent, keep our lights and phone on, and to make our website ADA compliant.

Donations can be made by Check and addressed to 538 28th St. N. St Petersburg, FL 33713, through our Go Fund Me, or on our website. Your support is critical to our success. LINK TO OUR GO FUND ME IS HERE.

Join our year-end fundraiser for the Museum of Motherhood! We need your support to keep the rent paid and the lights on!
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#GivingTuesday: Mothers Give Everyday: what Rosalynn Carter said about caregiving

“There are only four kinds of people in the world—those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” Rosalynn Carter.

What is a m/other, if not someone who sees to the wellbeing of her family whenever and if-ever possible? From birth on, the person who both gave us life and also the person who often sees to our care and upbringing are forever linked through body, mind, and psyche to the one’s whom they are connected.

Through our biologies, our relationships and our care-work, we are all connected in unfathomable ways

Our children’s cells live on in our brains. Whether we are caregiving forward towards our offspring or adopted children, or our neighborhood, or caring backward for a parent or grandparent , the circle of life involves constant attention to our collective well-being.

Research shows women who live near each other affect the other’s reproductive cycles. It is also scientifically proven that we share more than just our pregnant bodies with our offspring. “Women have microchimeric cells both from their mother, as well as from their own pregnancies” (Link). These remain in our bodies throughout our lives. We are indeed present in not only our physical reality but also our energetic one.

We honor the work of Rosalynn Carter and of all the mothers and others who have devoted large portions of their lives to caring for others: this can mean mental health care, infant care, healthcare, domestic care, professional care, partner care, community care, parent care and even environmental and pet care.

MoM needs your help as we nurture the nurturers and empower the future caregivers of the world

At the Museum of Motherhood we work everyday, round the clock to share the art, science and herstory of mothers. In September, we moved to a new 1,000 sq. ft venue in the arts district of St. Petersburg, Florida!

With over a dozen volunteers who reach thousands of individuals each month, we require the dollars to stay open, accessible, and free to the public.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

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Our ‘Mothers Give Everyday’ Campaign is a call to raise $30K:

Can you help us pay the rent and utilities in 2024 at our new venue?

Can you help us make our website ADA compliant.

Will you add a name to our Tribute page?

MAKE A LEGACY DONATION IN THE NAME OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE ON OUR TRIBUTE PAGE! Donate here [Link at bottom) or on our GoFundMe page!

Join this campaign in memory of your mother, grandmother, and those people you hold near & dear: the blended families, the non-traditional families and the individuals that have nurtured you. Or, honor a professional who has impacted your life by taking care of your reproductive health: the midwives, obstetricians, nurses, doulas, and pediatricians. The teachers, aunties, and other mothers who have and are impacting the future leaders of our world!

After 20 years of creating conferences, working with students around the world, mentoring young women (and men), and creating a safe and then significant space for family members, we have landed:

HELLO ST PETERSBURG WE HAVE JOINED THE CITY OF MUSEUMS!

Make a tax deductible donation in any amount to the MOM Art Annex 591c3 for the Museum of Motherhood .

MoM loves you and values your participation.

Remember there is only one degree of separation between YOU and MOM.

DONATE NOW / Honor Somone on our TRIBUTE PAGE (optional)
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#GivingTuesday 2021

This #GivingTuesday we chose to share our mission and ask that you consider making a donation to show your support of these ideals. As we grow our collections, we further establish our presence in the world:

We are the first and only facility of its kind serving as a unique resource elucidating the art, science, and history of women, mothers, and the culture of family. The Museum’s purpose is to provide a place and platform for education, illumination, and inspiration.  We believe a more comprehensive understanding of pregnancy, birth, and the value of care-work, will lead to healthier and happier homes, more productive workplaces, and better social policies. MOM Art Annex, 501c3 Florida Non-Profit I Motherhood Foundation 501c3 NY

MUSEUM OF MOTHERHOOD TODAY

  1. Engage with people of all ages in an inclusive, supportive, and smart environment.
  2. Elevate the artistic endeavors of m/others, procreators, dreamers, childless by choice, those experiencing fertility issues, and those who have suffered loss
  3. Educate the public about women’s evolving histories, identities, and roles in the home and in society
  4. Explore the science of menses, conception, gestation, birth, and matresence.
  5. Examine policy and advocacy around parenting
  6. Elaborate on pregnancy and birth as a sacred and creative act
  7. Understand the concept and value of carework 
  8. Nurture those who nurture
  9. Be an international destination for those hoping to learn about  American motherhood
  10. Celebrate our shared human heritage: We are all born of a womb as of 2021. What does that mean to you?
Museum founder, Martha Joy Rose with Mother Tree and Nest in the MOM Art Annex, St. Petersburg, FL

We are currently fundraising for the Mother Tree acquisitions campaign. Please #JoinMama:

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS – Donations are tax deductible through the end of the Year [CLICK]

Make a donation in the name of a Mother, Father, or Caregiver you love ….. and that person’s name will live in perpetuity on our TRIBUTE WALL.

Log onto www.MuseumOfMotherhood.org and Register your Mom, Dad, Grandmother or father, Sister, brother, Aunt or Uncle or Friend today. We’ll send them a receipt of your donation and list their name in our archives.

Donations help support: Exhibits, Conferences, Education, and the Community that M.O.M. empowers, celebrates, and connects.

The Motherhood Foundation Inc. is a certified nonprofit 501c3 that creates, produces and presents artistic, educational and cultural content that studies and supports mothers, fathers, families and their activities. MFI disseminates information about mothers, fathers, and caregiving for broad public consumption, while paying tribute to mothers (Moms) and others free of age, race and socio-economic barriers. MFI cares about, and acts upon the status of caregivers and celebrates their courage, fortitude and ingenuity, while addressing important issues, creating meaningful content, and providing compelling community experiences.

MFI has established the Museum Of Motherhood, a world-class International Museum to promote the new field of motherhood studies and the evolution of family. 

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Society for Mother Studies (SocMS)  Student $35
Society for Mother Studies (SocMS)  Individual $65
Society for Mother Studies (SocMS)  Institutional $125
School of M.O.M., Intro to Mother Studies  Summer Intensive $495
School of M.O.M., Intro to Mother Studies  Fall or Spring Semester $795
Annual Academic M.O.M. Conference Earlybird $150
Regular $175
Student w/no academic funding $50
General donations and Tributes can be followed up with a note to us at MOMmuseum@gmail.com Any Amount – See Below

Friends – $25; Online acknowledgement and/or email or USPS acknowledgement.

Extended Family – $50+; Online acknowledgement and/or email or USPS letter of acknowledgement, plus M.O.M. bumper sticker.

Membership – $100; Online listing and access to discounted museum opportunities and M.O.M. backpack.

Matriarch – $500; Online acknowledgement, special access to select events hosted at M.O.M. and letter of acknowledgement, plus special museum gift.

Founding Legacy Member – $1,000; Acknowledgement with a beautiful plaque on the ‘Wall Of Fame’, with a take-home commemorative statue. Red rose and champagne induction ceremonies throughout the year.

Patron – $2,500; Patron’s Club privileges. Patrons and accompanying guests may enjoy select spirits and fine wines, with personal tours during hours when the museum is generally closed to the public. Patrons are invited each year to an annual luncheon buffet the second week in February. Acknowledgement listed on website and in annual report.

Hall Of Fame – $5,000; Plaque on the museum’s ‘Wall Of Fame’, induction ceremony with take home commemorative statue, Working Mother Luncheon and walk down the red carpet, acknowledgement from stage at this gathering of 1,000 +. Acknowledgement listed on website and in annual report. Included Patron’s Club privileges.

Benefactors and Corporate Partners: MOMmuseum@gmail.com or call 877.711.MOMS (6667)

The Museum of Motherhood is registered through the Motherhood Foundation Inc., non-profit 501c3. All donations are tax deductible. Our EIN #20-3980355
Checks may also be mailed to: MOM P.O. Box 210 Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706

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Serving the Community & Educating People – YEAR END DONATIONS

Partners_BadgeThe Museum of Motherhood is supported by its founding non-profit 501c3 Motherhood Foundation Inc; serving the community and educating people since 2005 with programming, classes, events, and exhibits. Please support M.O.M. and help us establish a permanent home in a physical location in Manhattan. Any amount helps us continue our activities online and in person and is tax deductible. THANK YOU!

MUSEUM OF MOTHERHOOD CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

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Early History and Significance KEY FACTS – MOMmuseum.org/MOMmuseum@gmail.com 877.711.6667 — Conceived in 2003. Trademarked and Application for 501c3 Non-Profit Status through Motherhood Foundation Inc., 2005. Traveling exhibits & Conferences and Online Presence 2006-2010. First full-time exhibition space opened UES Manhattan 2011.We are the first and only facility of its kind.
Mission The Museum of Motherhood is a science, art, and history center that explores the subject of motherhood, fatherhood, and family – past, present, and future.   Our mission is to start great conversations, create thought-provoking exhibits and share information and education from diverse, inclusive, multicultural perspectives.
Reach The museum had approximately 20,000 visitors between September 2011-April, 2014 at its 401 East 84th St. location. Gymboree franchise owners Deb Whitefield and Barry Hanson donated a 2,500 square foot space. Annual academic conferences gathered yearly and featured international panels of presenters including participants from Russia, Israel, Brazil, England and Australia, as well as representatives from a wide variety of American universities.Travelers from Angola, Mexico and the Netherlands (to name a few) made the museum a destination. Interns from local colleges and high schools made up approximately 60 volunteer and research participants each year. The museum served the community offering support, classes, and a play space.
Building Needs Goals include obtaining a permanent facility.
Vision The museum programs aim to shed light on caregiving, global family traditions, new technologies, fathers, the art of motherhood and women in society, thus supporting families and educating future generations.
Phased Application The museum was able to leverage community volunteers, and interns, plus a small staff to implement it’s programming, website and mission, but needs a real estate donation and robust executive board for further development. Business took in approximately $4,500 per month plus corporate donations: tours, party rentals and daily play space usage. M.O.M. received a MAP grant from American Alliance of Museums 2012-2013.
Current Status Pop-Up exhibit on display at Manhattan College Aug-Dec. 2014. MOM Conference and Hall of Fame planned, May 2015. Book fair is planned with Barnes and Noble May 6-10th to raise funds for M.O.M. Advisory Board is active. Director is online, blogging with social media, and has three interns and active community volunteers.Please contact founder M. Joy Rose about our current goals.