Support the Museum
Discover ways to support the UM Museum through giving, membership, and the Friends of the Museum. Your generosity helps sustain exhibitions, education, and preservation efforts.
Your Support Matters
The UM Museum is proud to serve the Oxford and University of Mississippi communities through a variety of programs, events, and new exhibitions. We depend heavily on the support of our members and patrons, and we are incredibly fortunate to have such generous supporters in Oxford and beyond.
For more information on ways you can support the Museum and planned giving opportunities, please contact the Museum at 662-915-7073 or museum@olemiss.edu.
Become a Museum Member
Being a Museum member provides you with the special distinction of being part of a dynamic group of supporters, while demonstrating your affection for the museum, your belief in collections stewardship, and your passion for the arts! Exclusive program discounts and special invitations for members only occur through the year.
All Members Receive:
- Free admission to Rowan Oak
- Direct notification of exhibitions, lectures, and events
- Invitations to exhibition openings and programs
- Annual Membership gala and recognition
- Reciprocal museum benefits at 67 museums with the CUAM College & University Art Museum Program
- Discount on adult education workshops
- 10% discount in the Museum Store
Your generous support of the University of Mississippi Museum also serves to sustain William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak.
Friends of the Museum
The UM Museum is proud to serve the Oxford and University of Mississippi communities through a variety of programs, events, and new exhibitions. We depend heavily on the support of our members and patrons, and we are incredibly fortunate to have such generous supporters in Oxford and beyond.
Friends of the Museum Board Members
- Frances Zook, President
- Adam Quick, Vice President
- Karen Lee, Treasurer
- Janet Scott, Secretary
- Ellen Leake, Member At-Large
- Brooks Campany
- Wil Cook
- Earl Dismuke
- Melissa Hall
- Kerry Hamilton
- Chand Harlow
- Karen Lee
- Joli Nichols
- Bill Simmons
Recent Friends’ Activities
- Harvest Supper
- Launch of The Beautiful Mysterious: The Extraordinary Gaze of William Eggleston catalog
- Meditations on the Landscape in Art and Literature symposium
- Buie Bacchanalia
- Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America (1987) by Bill Dunlap, in conjunction with the Mississippi Arts Commission
- The project is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, through the Avery B. Dille, Jr. Fund for Art Acquisition, in memory of Mr. Avery B. Dille, Sr., Mrs. Katherine T. Dille, and Mr. Avery B. Dille, Jr.
- Meditations on the Landscape in Art and Literature exhibition
- The Beautiful Mysterious: The Extraordinary Gaze of William Eggleston traveling exhibit
- Audio, video, and technology upgrades in gallery spaces
- The Other Sun | Jacob Hashimoto
- Classroom technology upgrades
- First Friday Free Sketch Days
- Adult Studio Workshop and Milkshake Mash-Up supplies
- Traveling Trunk, Boys & Girls Club, Outreach, and other partnership funding
- Inter-generational programming support, including Buie Babies and Family Days
- Museum Education Professional Development resource shelf
- Guest artists and field trips for Art Zone students
The Permanent Collection
- Future acquisitions at Rowan Oak
- Rowan Oak website development
- Supported efforts to restore access to outbuildings at Rowan Oak
- Renovation of the original 1939 Mary Buie Museum
- Re-installation of the Robinson Greek and Roman Collection
- Art and artifacts conservation
- Bailey Woods Trail signage installation
