Exhibition Sponsorships

The Columbia County Historical Society partners with corporations, foundations, and individuals to present its exciting exhibitions to our members, visitors and guests.  Sponsoring an exhibition or program at the CCHS is a prominent and effective way for your company or foundation to increase its visibility among a desirable and diverse audience.

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Exposure

Columbia County Historical Society exhibition sponsors receive exposure and acknowledgement before, during, and after the run of the exhibition.
FORTHCOMING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

 ▪  Floral Motif
 ▪  Delft Ware
 ▪  HandMade Tools
 ▪  Daguerreotypes in CCHS Collections
▪  Shaker Chairs
           from Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon

Sponsorship opportunities currently exist for several distinct exhibitions, all  during 2019-2020.

Floral Motif —  
"...“I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!  
I will touch a hundred flowers                
And not pick one.”                                                                                                                               --Edna St. Vincent Millay

The image of the flower has remained an iconographic tradition throughout the history of art and culture, from ancient depictions to contemporary art. Botanical elements, floral blooms and various flowers appear in literature, decorative arts and across all art movements.

The natural beauty of flowers has consistently stood the test of time, and our emotional attachment to a flower’s cultural, symbolic, and aesthetic value is why we repeatedly find floral images throughout literary and visual culture. With this exhibit, diverse constructs of the flower in objects from our permanent collection punctuated by poetic verse present a cheerful botanical theme.

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​HandMade Tools from the CCHS Collection—  
During Late Summer 2019 we will unveil our latest exhibition, "HandMade/Early Tools" (working title) and featuring Early Farm Tools in conjunction with our forthcoming Farming Issue of the History & Heritage Magazine.  
 
During the 18th and 19th centuries, in pre-industrial society, work was accomplished with hand-made tools and personal muscle power. The tools in this exhibition are representative of the agriculturally based economy of Columbia County and the every day tasks and chores of its rural inhabitants.  Family members worked together at a variety of chores to ensure the success of running a farm or family business that included agricultural production, food preparation, household care and animal husbandry. Beyond the function of each of these tools, there is a beauty in their form and manipulation of materials. These historic objects are our material culture. Sponsorship opportunities currently exist for this high-profile exhibition.
This exhibition will be in the Museum's Main Gallery (upstairs). Sponsorship opportunities currently exist for this high-profile exhibition.
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Shaker Chairs
from the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon
During early 2020 in collaboration with the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon, we will install a comprehensive exhibition featuring many styles of Shaker Chairs—from the incomparable collection of the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon.   This exhibit will be installed in the Callan and Masters Galleries at Vanderpoel House.
Sponsorship opportunities currently exist for this very high-profile exhibition.

Recognition

Depending on sponsorship level, benefits may include:
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• Logo recognition in exhibition materials, including invitations, exhibition catalogues, signage, press releases, the CCHS website, and  History & Heritage magazine
• Recognition at the entrance to the exhibition
• Complimentary gallery tours for VIPs and guests with our Curator and Executive Director
• Opportunity to host private receptions at the Museum
• Opportunity to create a link between your website and the CCHS website
• Complimentary invitations to the exhibition opening previews and events
• Complimentary exhibition catalogs
• Museum membership
• Annual Report Recognition

Sponsorship opportunities currently exist for several
2019-2020  exhibitions

For more information about sponsorship please contact:

​Lori Yarotsky
Executive Director
Director@CCHSNY.org

Delft Ware from the CCHS Collection—  
Blue & White, Manganese, Polychrome Delft from the CCHS Permanent Collection. Skilled artistry of Dutch potters created their own style of pottery leading to an extensive range of tableware, vases, figurines, birdcages and tiles. Although Delftware reached its peak period from 1670 – 1730, it continued to be desirable and emulated throughout Europe well into the 19th century.
 
CCHS collections include the popular blue and white Delft as well as polychrome and manganese Delftware and tiles.

The exhibit is housed in the North Room of the Luykas Van Alen House  and is installed within two New York Dutch Colonial Corner Cupboards, also from the permanent collection. This exhibition is a semi-permanent installation.

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​Daguerreotypes from the CCHS Collection—  

Silvered glass and mercury vapor photographs were among the earliest form of photography available to the public, and their popularity endured for several decades from 1840 to the late 1850s. Images produced with this method were each unique, as no negative or positive template is created in the process.

The mirror-like silver surfaces were protected by a glass top layer and usually encased within small, ornamented cases of embossed leather, velvet and presented in gilt brass mats, A rich alternative was black-lacquered cases ornamented with decorative patterns created by mother of pearl inlays.

The experience of viewing an actual Daguerreotype is akin to viewing a hologram, as the illusive imagery floats within the glass capsule.

This exhibit will be installed in the small gallery adjunct to the Museum's upstairs gallery.

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Some Current Exhibitions

'Caned Construction' (currently on view at Vanderpoel House)

Floral Motif

'Martin Van Buren, Washington Irving and Jesse Merwin & Ichabod Crane' at Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (currently on view)

'Fragments of the Past: Archaeology at Van Alen House' (currently on view)

New York Portraits from the Permanent Collection (currently on view)

Delft Ware from CCHS Collection

'100 Years of Collecting' (currently on view)

Exhibitions