Dear Friends of Asbury Park,
For almost 150 years, Asbury Park has been one of the country’s premier seashore resorts. Known for its beaches, amusements and entertainment scene, Asbury Park has an extensive unique history of diverse arts and cultures. Nowhere is this more evident than in its music history. Yet Asbury Park is one of the few cities of its size and importance that does not have a >strong>city museum. We are reaching out to you for a donation, large or small, to help fund the establishment of an Asbury Park Museum. Without a repository for historic artifacts, with every passing day history is being lost!
Knowing an Asbury Park Museum is long overdue, a small group of volunteers came together in 2018 to make one a reality. After a successful temporary installation, on the Boardwalk, The Asbury Park Museum exhibition team has mounted a series of pop-up exhibits that have been available 24/7 in the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel lobby. We are now looking for a permanent exhibit and archive home.
Interfaith Neighbors has offered us a 1300 sq ft gallery space on Springwood Avenue, that is scheduled to break ground in 2026 and open in 2027. But starting up a museum takes money. And the pandemic made it hard to conduct fundraising events.
Here are just a few of the many museum exhibition components you may opt to underwrite:
- Museum display casing and exhibit furnishings
- Interactive touch multi-media kiosks
- Mobile technology
- Touchless Directional Sound technology>
- Large format LED flatscreen technology
- Historic artifact preservation and conservation
- Programing & education expenses
Please consider a donation of any size. We realize there are many worthwhile causes to which you might donate. We believe in Asbury Park and want its history preserved for future generations. We thank you for any help you can give us.
Asbury Park Museum is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in the State of New Jersey. Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.