The Museum will be closed on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24) until New Year’s Day (Wednesday, January 1). The Museum will reopen to the public on Thursday, January 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy your holiday season!

Ways to Give

Make A Gift

The Icon Museum and Study Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization and can receive tax-deductible contributions. Gifts to the Museum directly support the institution’s mission and help ensure the success of its exhibitions and programs.

Give to Our Annual Appeal

We invite you to join us by contributing to the IM+SC’s 2024 Annual Appeal. The continued support of donors like you plays a pivotal role in enabling us to fulfill our goal of making icons and Eastern Christian art accessible to all.

Exciting projects are growing and thriving here at the IM+SC. Your gift will allow us to: 

      • Deeply engage our audiences from all over the world with compelling Museum programming in person and online.

      • Preserve, diversify, and expand our inspiring collection of icons and orthodox art.

      • Continue building a leading institution that serves as a crossroads for dialogue on the world of icons and Eastern Christian art.

    Your generosity makes a significant impact and together we can continue to inspire learning and understanding through our exhibitions, collaborations, programs, and scholarship.

    Give now

     
    Prefer to donate by mail? Please make your check payable to The Icon Museum and Study Center, specify “Annual Appeal” on the memo line, and mail your check to The Icon Museum and Study Center, 203 Union Street, Clinton, MA 01510.
     

    Support The Gordon B. Lankton Collections Fund

    Museum founder Gordon B. Lankton was a studious and passionate collector. Through business trips to Moscow, he came to love Russian culture and the sacred Eastern Christian art of the icon. To continue his legacy, the Museum has created the Gordon B. Lankton Collections Fund, which will ensure his vision is shared by visitors from all walks of life and worldwide.

    GIVE NOW

    Prefer to donate by mail? Please make your check payable to The Icon Museum and Study Center, specify “GBL Collections Fund” on the memo line, and mail your check to The Icon Museum and Study Center, 203 Union Street, Clinton, MA 01510.

    Make a Planned Gift

    Planned giving is a sound opportunity for a donor to help secure the Icon Museum and Study Center’s ability to carry out its mission into the future. Planned gifts include donations through a will, charitable gift annuities, and gifts of life insurance, charitable trusts, and more. 

    You may contact Simon Morsink, Executive Director, to discuss planned giving or to include the Icon Museum and Study Center in your will or estate plan.

    Make a Gift of Icons

    We continue to grow our collection of objects that fit the mission and further The Icon Museum and Study Center’s educational and research goals. If you are interested in donating an icon, please fill out the form below and a representative of the Museum’s curatorial team will be in contact.

    It is essential for the Museum to maintain a complete history of the ownership of the objects in its collections. Please complete the donation questionnaire below and forward us any photographs, additional information, or documentation concerning the object, including its exhibition or publication history and details of prior ownership.

    Icon Donation Form

    It may be possible to claim a tax deduction for your gift: please consult IRS regulations or speak with your tax advisor. Please note that, per IRS regulations, the Museum is not allowed to conduct or pay for appraisals of donated objects.