Farnsworth Art Museum

As a VENUE: Host your event…

Set in Rockland, the Art Capital of Maine, the Farnsworth Art Museum offers gracious and unique settings for special occasions. The Farnsworth’s 1948 Georgian-style brick museum and library houses an outstanding art collection that celebrates Maine’s important contributions to American art. Events on the Farnsworth campus are inherently infused with both history and a sense of current art and culture. As a result, an event at the Farnsworth is the best way to entertain clients, to recognize employees, and to celebrate life’s special moments, all while experiencing the most celebrated artists and recognized art in America. Entertaining at the museum, which can include a docent-led gallery tour or self–guided exhibition viewing, gives your guests a truly unique experience and sets the stage for an event that cannot be replicated. Seven distinctive spaces are available:

• Conference Room: The Farnsworth’s conference room is perfectly designed for a small meeting. Fitted with furnishings by Thomas Moser as well as equipment to facilitate teleconferencing abilities and Zoom meetings.
  • Capacity: Meeting – 14 guests

• Auditorium: The Farnsworth’s contemporary auditorium, with seating for 80, offers a handsome, quiet, and private space for professional meetings, seminars, retreats, films, lectures, and concerts. The auditorium is equipped with an elevated stage and audiovisual capabilities that have been streamlined in 2018. A variety of possible set-up options makes this venue a multi-purpose opportunity.
  • Capacity: Auditorium Seating – 80 guests

• Library: The Farnsworth Library serves as the museum’s great room. With high ceilings, a faux marble fireplace, and large windows to both the south and west, the library offers a stunning and classically Georgian venue for your next cocktail or small dinner party. Combined with galleries in the main museum for your guests to stroll, and a docent-led private curated tour, your event is certain to be remembered.
  • Capacity: Reception – 100 guests

• Wyeth Center: This beautifully renovated Methodist Church houses works by three generations of Wyeth artists. Ideal for small cocktail parties on either level, as well as a showstopper for larger crowds that fall in love with the gorgeous sweeping staircase, the museum’s outstanding collection of Wyeth artworks provides an experience that your guests will not find anywhere else in the world.
  • Capacity: Reception – 200 guests

• Gamble Studio: Create an artistic day or evening event in our campus art studio, perfect for classes where the process of art is encouraged. Depending on the nature of your work and needs, both 1st and 2nd floor spaces are available from which to choose.
  • Capacity: Reception – 50 guests

• Homestead Green: Nestled between the backdrop of the restored Farnsworth Homestead and carriage house, the Homestead Green is the perfect setting for an intimate gathering or informal event on the lawn.
  • Capacity: Reception – 150 guests

• Farnsworth Green: This beautifully manicured lawn with access on both Museum Street and Elm Street is ideal for dining alfresco and summer evening parties. Located in the center of our campus, only a few short steps to either the main museum or the Wyeth Center, the Farnsworth Green is an outdoor activity gem, laced with paths, flowers and shade trees.
  • Capacity: Reception – 200 guests

Support the Farnsworth Art Museum… by simply booking your next special occasion here:

https://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/about/venue-rental/

As a SHOP: Discover unique gifts…

Your purchase supports everything the Farnsworth does to celebrate Maine’s role in American art. Merchandise is catalogued within these collections:  Art Instruction and Supplies * Books and Media * Exhibitions * Games and Puzzles * Home and Garden * Kids * Maine * Posters and Prints * Seasonal * Stationery * Stocking Stuffers * Style, and * Wyeth Family.

Support the Farnsworth Art Museum… by simply purchasing your specialty merchandise here:

https://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/museum-store/

Be a DONOR: Show that you care…

It was thanks to a generous bequest by Lucy Farnsworth in 1936 that the Farnsworth Art Museum was founded. Thanks to your philanthropic support, her vision continues today. There are so many ways in which you can make a difference at the Farnsworth!  Your generosity will strengthen the mission of the Farnsworth and help us create inspiring exhibitions and educational activities – reaching more than 80,000 visitors each year.

Membership

Membership at the Farnsworth Art Museum is your personalized passport, with more benefits than ever, to world-renowned exhibitions, engaging programs, and exciting member-exclusive and community events throughout the year.  Gift memberships are encouraged.  Membership at specified levels are offered: Individual * Household * Partner * Steward * Sustainer * Patron’s Circle * Benefactor, and * Fellow.

Donations

Support the Annual Fund: Art plays an indispensable role in building community, resiliency, empathy, and wellbeing. The Farnsworth Art Museum is proud to be a beacon of comfort and joy to thousands of visitors in our museum and online every year. Your contribution helps so many: the children who learn to love art, the families and friends who take pleasure in their visit, the teachers who are assisted by our free Arts in Education program, the local businesses that see a boost in sales when the museum is open. Thank you for your steadfast and loyal support. The Museum Fund for Excellence supports the important role the Farnsworth plays in our community and steadies our course now and into the future.

• Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gift. Recurring gifts are encouraged. Memorial and tribute gifts are welcomed.
• Corporate Partnerships: The Farnsworth offers a variety of opportunities for companies to partner with the museum to meet your marketing, philanthropic, and community engagement goals while enjoying opportunities to mix and mingle with the museum’s patrons and other valuable benefits. We offer unique venues for corporate events and custom packages to recognize and appreciate your employees or customers. Since the Farnsworth opened in 1948, museum visitors have surpassed more than 3.3 million. The museum typically welcomes more than 70,000 individuals in person and more than 100,000 online annually. An anchor institution in Rockland and a cultural touchstone for Maine and beyond, the Farnsworth generates an estimated $58 million in economic impact to the region each year. The Farnsworth is a major art resource for the state of Maine, nationally, and globally. The Farnsworth delivers creative programming and exceptional visitor experiences, built upon the strengths of its nationally-renowned collection. The museum collaborates with economic, cultural, educational, and civic sectors and contributes to a vibrant artistic community and tourist destination.
• Legacy Giving – Bequests:  A bequest made through one’s will or trust is the simplest and most common way to make a legacy gift to the Farnsworth. You may specify that the Farnsworth Art Museum is to receive a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or a particular piece of property. You may also specify the purpose of your contribution.
• Legacy Giving – Life Insurance & IRAs: Designating the Farnsworth as a beneficiary of your life insurance, 401k, 403b, or other retirement plan can greatly reduce your taxable estate and save thousands of dollars in estate taxes while providing a windfall to the Farnsworth. In addition to tax savings, gifting life insurance is easy. All you have to do is notify your plan administrator that you wish for the Farnsworth Art Museum to receive all or a portion of your fund. Have a life insurance policy that you no longer need? You may be able to gift whole life insurance policies now to the Farnsworth to help fund critical museum projects and enjoy a tax advantage.
• Gifts of Art: Donations of art or contributions to purchase art expand our collection and mission. Donations of artwork are reviewed for acceptance by our curatorial team and board.
• Exhibition Development & Education Fund: Support a season of exhibitions and related educational programs at the museum or help fund our model education outreach.
• Endowment: Establish a new fund or add to the principal of an existing fund to provide a reliable source of annual income that sustains the Farnsworth forever.

Library Membership: The Farnsworth Art Museum proudly offers a membership program at a discounted rate specifically for libraries to increase access to the museum’s world-renowned collection of art. Each member library is able to lend out up to four membership cards to the Farnsworth at a time. Libraries can offer this cultural amenity to their patrons, further propagating educational knowledge and community connections among all Mainers. With each membership, the Farnsworth will provide advertising copy and a poster PDF so libraries can promote the available membership cards to their own patrons. Connecting our communities and ensuring access to art for all—it’s a win-win for everyone involved!

Support the Farnsworth Art Museum… by simply joining, giving, or volunteering here: 

https://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/join-and-give/