My Nonprofit Reviews

Corinth Historical Society started out as being more like a traveling show. Everything we had acquired through donations and purchases were stored in trunks and boxes for decades. Whenever there was a town function we would ask permission to set up a tabletop display to interest people in preserving Corinth's history and recruiting members. I believe we had around 30 members before we had a building so the interest was there.

Eventually a former Grange Hall which had been given to the Town became vacant and we pounced on the opportunity to use the building as a tenant and prove to people that we were serious about the work at hand. Up until then people were reluctant to donate family historical artifacts because it was only going into storage boxes and brought out occasionally. Having a building with our name on it showed citizens we could now accept donations and loans for display.

In our outreach, there is an annual Children's History Day where the entire fourth grade classes from our consolidated school are given a talk at the school of what to expect at the museum and then a day for them to visit and discuss the uses of various items with volunteer guides. This usually brings around 70 to 80 children and remind them this is a free museum and invite their parents to come back with them during the summer months.

We have worked very hard creating meaningful displays and the vast majority of the investment has come from dues and fund raising activities with volunteers.

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