King's Chapel Bookcase

 

Continue the Athenæum's legacy of member and friend-driven support by making a gift in support of Required Reading today. Your gift will help the Athenæum share the unique colonial-era King’s Chapel Library collection for the first time publicly, reminding visitors and members alike of the everlasting, essential role of libraries and books past, and present.

 

Donor Benefits

$10,000 – Curator’s Circle

  • A one-of-a-kind, framed replica print of a choice image from the KCL collection
  • Private curator-led gallery tour for up to eight, scheduled at your convenience
  • All benefits listed below

$5,000 – Exhibition Loyalists

  • Prominent listing on the exhibition donor wall
  • A one-of-a-kind, replica print of a choice image from the KCL collection
  • Invitation for four to dinner with John Buchtel following his autumn lecture
  • All benefits listed below

$1,698 – Commissary’s Collectors

1698 is the year appointed commissary Thomas Bray assembled and shipped the collection

  • Four tickets to the VIP exhibition opening reception and preview
  • Advanced invitation for four to the exhibition’s docent- and curator-led gallery talks
  • Four reserved seats to John Buchtel’s autumn KCL-themed lecture

$221 – Bray’s Assemblage

221 is the number of volumes in the collection Bray assembled

  • Advanced invitation for two to the exhibition’s docent- and curator-led gallery talks
  • Two reserved seats to John Buchtel’s autumn KCL-themed lecture

 

Learn more about Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library here.

 
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$10,000
Curator's Circle
$5,000
Exhibition Loyalists
$1,698
Commissary’s Collectors
$221
Bray’s Assemblage

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