Support the Museum

Monetary donations to the Textiles and Clothing Museum may be made through the ISU Foundation; either by contacting senior development officer Jennifer Johnson or by using the online giving page. You will be prompted to select a college and a fund. Please choose “College of Health and Human Sciences” and “Textiles and Clothing Museum.”

Your donations support:

  1. Student engagement such as paid internships; paid work positions; student scholarships for working in or with the collection; supplies to enhance student curated projects to a professional museum level
  2. Research funds to assist students and faculty travel to present their research related to the objects in the collection; travel to utilize other archives and collections to enhance research in the ISU Textiles and Clothing Museum exhibitions
  3. Collection management needs such as boxes, archival materials, conservation hangers, and other related materials to preserve the objects
  4. Installation and mounting materials such as mannequins; batting; hardware; and other fabric
  5. Exhibition needs such as labels; catalogs; or other related media
  6. Technology such as subscription to our collection management software PastPerfect; computer work stations for students; digital technology for exhibitions such as video or interactive digital components
  7. Purchasing new objects for the collection that represent gaps in our collection needs to better serve the AMD curriculum
  8. Public programming costs such as speaker fees; travel costs for speakers; video editing services
  9. Accessibility needs such as having live interpreters at all events; live captioning; fees associated with accessibility consultation

Due to ongoing construction that impacts our museum spaces, a temporary moratorium has been implemented on material donations until the summer of 2027. This pause will allow us to prepare for our upcoming collections move into a new building on Iowa State’s Central Campus. 

During this period, we are unable to accept artifacts into the museum collection. However, we would like to know about the objects you are considering for donation. Please complete a donation form, and we will follow up with you once the moratorium is lifted. 

Thank you for your support of the Textiles and Clothing Museum at Iowa State University.