Every Dollar Helps!
Through free, short-term exhibitions, engaging public programming, and robust partnerships, the Design Museum of Chicago contextualizes and humanizes design's influence in everyday life. We are living in challenging times. Through storytelling, design and art have the capacity of making connections and bringing people together. Join us today by supporting the Design Museum. 100% of your donation will fund design education, inspire those capable of making the world better, and foster innovation across cultural sectors — fund breakthroughs and change lives.
Donate Directly via PAYPAL Below:
$24 — Make Design Accessible
Your generosity allows the Design Museum to be free and open to the public year round. An average donation from our magnanimous visitors is still $6. Cover the donation for four people from all walks of life in our gallery, and make design accessible to all.
$517 — Foster Innovation
Workshops led by the the Design Museum teach students foundational skills and design thinking. Support at this level fosters innovation by providing supplies like x-actos, pens and notebooks for 30 students in a Chicago Public Schools classroom with a stipend for an expert facilitator.
$2,438 — Ignite Imaginations
The Design Museum offers hundreds of hours of free programming, covering a wide range of topics. Programs like Raising Products, a virtual series on art, design, and communities of color, leave a huge impression. Funding at this level supports speaker stipends, event marketing, and post-event outreach.
