Exhibition Sponsorship

Exhibition Sponsorships

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

Exposure

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

CURRENT & FORTHCOMING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

▪ Floral Motif
▪ Daguerreotypes in CCHS Collections
▪ Exploring Schoolhouses in Columbia County - NOT AVAILABLE

Sponsorship opportunities currently exist for several 2019-2020 exhibitions:

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—
Details to be announced. This exhibition will be in the Museum's Main Gallery (upstairs).

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Exploring Schoolhouses in Columbia County
[**NOT AVAILABLE]--Details to be announced. This exhibition will be installed in the c1850 Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse in late spring 2019

Recognition

Depending on the level of sponsorship, benefits may include:

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 exhibition sponsorship
please contact:

Lori Yarotsky
Executive Director
Director@CCHSNY.org

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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.
CCHS enjoys a representative collection of Daguerreotypes and glass negatives, This exhibition is presently in planning.

New York Portraits from the Permanent Collection
[**NOT AVAILABLE] — "...Columbia County Historical Society is a repository for a vital and representative collection of works that exemplify American painters seeking a style and American subjects yearning for personal perpetuity."— Ruth Piwonka

This exhibition includes some highlights of 19th century New York State portraits of Columbia County families—some on exhibit for the first time in many years. This exhibition will be installed in the Mandel Gallery of the Vanderpoel House.

Study of Style, part 2: Caned Construction
[**NOT AVAILABLE]— Using selections from Columbia County Historical Society’s permanent collection, this exhibit continues the theme of the CCHS furniture collection begun in pursuit of Vanderpoel furnishings, and will be installed in the Masters and Callan Galleries.