Support the Long Beach Museum of Art

The Long Beach Museum of Art houses an important permanent collection and presents temporary exhibitions while offering extensive educational and cultural programs for children and adults. In working toward this mission, the Museum offers a wide range of activities for all ages and continues to serve as a significant educational resource for the Long Beach Unified School District which serves Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill and Avalon. We are extremely grateful to our sponsors for enabling us to accomplish this mission. For more information about these important sponsorship programs, please contact our Development Office at (562) 439-2119 ext 226.

Here are a few ways you can help support the Museum:

Give to the Annual Fund

Each year, the Long Beach Museum of Art provides a number of high-quality exhibition and educational programs to over 100,000 visitors. The LBMA Annual Fund supports these important activities, providing vital support to the Museum's core programming. Whether your gift is a one-time donation, a monthly reoccurrence, or an annual pledge, your tax-deductible gift can make a difference.

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Corporate Membership

Long Beach Museum of Art's Corporate Partnerships program provides a wonderful opportunity for local corporations to become actively involved in the arts community. LBMA Corporate Partners provide generous support to the Museum's exhibitions, educational programs, special events, and annual fundraisers at a variety of sponsorship levels. The LBMA Corporate Partners program allows corporations to invest in the cultural development of the community while connecting to over 100,000 highly diverse individuals each year.

Sponsorships begin at the $1,000 level with increasing visibility and benefits available at higher levels. The Museum works with its Corporate Partners to tailor each sponsorship package to meet their specific marketing and philanthropic needs. Current benefits include:

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For more information about joining the LBMA Corporate Partner program, please contact our Development Office at (562) 439-2119 ext. 226.

Educational Programming

The Long Beach Museum of Art is committed to serving as an educational resource for the entire community. Although the Museum provides programming for adults, students, and children, the majority of programs are developed for elementary students in the Long Beach Unified School District. Each year, the Museum provides high-quality, professional-level artistic programs to over 15,000 students, children and families.
Highlights of the Museum's educational programming include:

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Exhibitions

In addition to collecting and caring for a permanent art collection, the Long Beach Museum of Art presents 4-6 special exhibitions each year comprised of works borrowed from institutional and individual lenders from across the country. Each of our exhibitions strives to do one or more of the following: reflect a diversity of cultural perspectives; include work by California artists; include work by women artists; include work that is of particular interest to the local and regional community; and include work that promotes emerging local and regional artists.

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Planned Giving

The Long Beach Museum of Art is honored to have the support of a number of thoughtful individuals who support the Museum through their estates. These gifts play an integral role in sustaining the Museum's programming, and can serve as a wonderful tribute to an individual's lasting legacy. The Museum gratefully accepts the following estate gifts:

  • Bequests
  • Endowment Gifts
  • Charitable Gift Annuities
  • Charitable Lead Trusts
  • Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts
  • Gifts of life insurance, stock, real estate, or other appreciated assets

For additional information on Planned Giving, please contact our Development Office at (562) 439-2119 ext. 226.


If you prefer not to contribute online, you can print this form and mail or fax it to us: Giving Form (opens in a new window)

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Membership Information

Museum Sponsors

  • Arts Council for Long Beach
  • Debbie and Robert Autrey
  • Karen and Ryan Autrey
  • BCM Foundation
  • Bess J. Hodges Foundation
  • California Arts Council
  • California Community Foundation
  • California Foundation for Stronger Communities
  • Tim and Jennifer Cameron
  • Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
  • Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation
  • Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program
  • City of Long Beach
  • Coldwell Banker/Rose Voss
  • Dameron Family Foundation
  • Richard and Sandra Darling
  • Janice and Mark Dickson
  • Gil and Linda Dodson
  • Duke Energy Foundation Matching Gift Program
  • Charles and Margaret Durnin
  • Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation
  • Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation
  • Southern California Edison
  • Evalyn M. Bauer Foundation
  • Farmers & Merchants Bank
  • Alan and Cheryl Fox
  • Gordon and Ruth Dougherty Foundation
  • The Green Foundation
  • Jerry and Gwen Gross
  • Ronald and Sylvia Hartman
  • Don and Madeline Heimark
  • IBM
  • The James Irvine Foundation
  • Roberta and Matthew Jenkins
  • Kevin and Sandy Kayse
  • Mary Ellen Kilsby
  • Don Knabe Arts Education Partnership
  • Joan and John Knight
  • Long Beach Museum of Art Docent Council
  • Los Angeles County Arts Commission
  • Mail Boxes Etc. in the Shore
  • Marisla Fund
  • Linda and Bill McCullough
  • Ernest and Janice Merriweather
  • Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA
  • Pam and Dan Munzer
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Nordstrom Inc.
  • Ginger and Luther Nussbaum
  • Phoenix
  • Port of Long Beach
  • Suzanne and Dennis Poulsen
  • RC Baker Foundation
  • Joann Rich
  • Rick and Peggy Schlemmer
  • Connie Scott
  • Garland and Pauline Sinow
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • The Sketch Foundation
  • Kathy Black Smith
  • Supervisor Don Knabe
  • The Getty Foundation
  • TABC
  • The Gordon and Ruth Dougherty Foundation
  • The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
  • The Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association
  • The Matthew and Roberta Jenkins Family Foundation
  • The Poulson Family Foundation
  • The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
  • The Rudolph J. and Daphne A. Munzer Foundation
  • Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
  • U.S. Bank
  • Union Pacific Foundation
  • Hal and Barbara Wilde
  • Weingart Foundation
  • Whole Foods Market Long Beach

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