Donate to the Museum

The Museum’s General Operations Fund supports the day-to-day operations, programs, and special projects at the museum. Donate Here.

The Museum’s Excellence Endowment is an endowed fund used to support museum operations and special opportunities that will assure the continued excellence of the museum. Donate Here.

Contributions from corporate partnerships help the museum fund special exhibitions, museum events, and programs throughout the year. Now more than ever, corporate support is vital to the continued sustainability and growth of the museum. Companies who choose to support the museum through a corporate membership show their commitment to maintain a world-class natural history museum in Oklahoma and the programs that support our children’s education. These partnerships also provide opportunities for businesses to gain community visibility and show their support for the Sam Noble Museum by putting their names and logos on promotional materials for special exhibitions, museum events, and programs. As a thank you for your support, corporate members enjoy publicity, hospitality, museum discounts, and other valuable benefits through the entire calendar year.

Click here for more information about corporate partnerships.

Individuals, families, companies or communities have a special opportunity to make a permanent impact on the museum by having their name carved in stone in the Oklahoma Heritage Walkway. Your gift to the endowment fund will provide enduring support for the museum’s exhibits, education, public programs, and research. Five hundred and forty-four stones measuring 2-feet-4-inches by 1-foot-8-inches are available for engraving for a gift of $1,000 each. Forty stones measuring 3-feet-by-5-feet on the patio of the dramatic south rotunda are available for engraving for a gift of $5,000 each.

To extend the support you have offered the Sam Noble Museum throughout your lifetime, consider including it in your estate planning.

The Sam Noble Museum accepts donations of stock gifts as your contribution.

If you are age 72 years or older, you can transfer up to $100,000 to the Sam Noble Museum from your IRA account.  

Memorial contributions are a touching way to let the family know that your thoughts are with them. When you make a memorial contribution, the family is notified of your donation.

Your gift to the Sam Noble Museum General Endowment Fund provides critical support to museum programs and operations. Donations may be made in tribute to or in memory of a family member or loved one. Please include the name and address of the honored individual or family, and we will notify them of your thoughtful and considerate gesture. Gifts to the Sam Noble Museum General Endowment Fund are unrestricted donations that allow us to continue our mission. You can make a memorial contribution online.

Cash contributions may be in the form of check, money order, or cashier’s check. Checks should be made payable to the “OU Foundation” with the fund number and/or fund name on the memo line or in an enclosed note. Mail to:

The University of Oklahoma Foundation
P.O. Box 258856
Oklahoma City, OK 73125-8856