How to Donate Items

As always, we are also looking for items of historical significance relating to the Appalachian Trail in virtually any respect (See examples below - after list of items needed to run the museum).

Now that the A.T. Museum had its Grand Opening on National Trails Day, June 5, 2010, we 'still have a wish list for people who may have items to donate to help the museum run more efficiently. We are generally looking for items in new or good condition.

Metal cabinets for storing the collections,
mailbox

For the hiker lounge:
small soaps and shampoos for hikers at Pine Grove Furnace showers,
a bookshelf and paperback books for hikers to exchange,
games,
an outside table and chairs
and a hiker box.

Children's area:
walking sticks,
backpacks,
pots and pans,
hiking and camping equipment,
hiker games,
other activities
and a wooden board with pegs to hang items on.

Building supplies

Display cases

Signs

bulletin board; waste receptacles; partial, unused rolls of toilet paper (for hikers to carry); prepaid calling cards.

Please contact the A.T. Museum at info@atmuseum.org

Write to us with information on the items you would like to contribute to the Museum’s collection, and we will get in touch with you to discuss the donation and how to proceed from there. Please click on the postmark to send email, or write us at our post office address.

Terry Wilson
10040 West County Road 525 South
French Lick, Indiana 47432

Email: Please type "item donation" in the subject line of your email

List of Ideas

From packs to plaques, and maps to mousetraps, there is almost no limit to the types of things we are interested in collecting for the Museum. For example:

Appalachian Trailway News back issues
Audio Tapes
Backpacks, Rucksacks, etc.
Blazes
Books
Boots
Bridges
Chainsaws
Clothes
Club Patches
Dissertations
Fanny Packs
Guidebooks
Items Discarded near Springer
Journals
Letters
Maps
Menus from Trail Towns
Mouse Traps
Newspaper & Magazine Stories
Other Shelter
Paintings
Parachute (From “Jump Start”)
Pictures
Plaques
Programs from Trail Meetings
Recipes
Sandals
Signs
Slideshows
Socks
Stoves
Tents
Topographical Maps
Trail Names
Trail Registers
Unique, Unusual Equipment
Video Tapes & Home Movies
Walking Sticks
Water Bottles


Electronic mail
General Information: info@atmuseum.org


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