Sponsorship Opportunities
The Bonner County Historical Society is a private non-profit 501(c)3 organization which depends on the generosity of those who recognize the importance of saving our county, community, and family histories. Your contribution to the Society is tax-deductible.
Below are some of the ways in which you can take an active role to preserve our county’s history and help provide quality historical programming for all ages.
Below are some of the ways in which you can take an active role to preserve our county’s history and help provide quality historical programming for all ages.
Movies in the Park
The Bonner County History Museum, Pine Street Dental and Sandpoint Parks and Recreation present the annual Movies in the Park series, a free community event celebrating family fun under the stars in Lakeview Park. This safe, family-friendly event is open to everyone.
This event series was attended by over 3,500 individuals in 2018, and marketing efforts for this event reached over 40,000 individuals.
General Event Sponsorship: $250. Sponsorship benefits include:
The Bonner County History Museum, Pine Street Dental and Sandpoint Parks and Recreation present the annual Movies in the Park series, a free community event celebrating family fun under the stars in Lakeview Park. This safe, family-friendly event is open to everyone.
This event series was attended by over 3,500 individuals in 2018, and marketing efforts for this event reached over 40,000 individuals.
General Event Sponsorship: $250. Sponsorship benefits include:
- Recognition in pre-show entertainment at all 4 movies
- Sponsorship recognition in relevant marketing, brochures, press releases, and signage at events
- Sponsorship listing on donor wall, website, social media and member newsletter
- Free guest passes and invitations to special events, exhibition openings, and member only events
Education
For over 30 years, the Bonner County History Museum has been offering FREE school tours for the students of Bonner County. Unfortunately, only 3 of the 14 schools in the district regularly visit the museum for school tours, with the cost of transportation often being the barrier to their visits.
Our goal is to give each 4th grade student in the district the chance to visit the museum.
They will be exposed to a diversity of ideas, peoples, places, and time periods – providing students with a new understanding of their own time and place.
For over 30 years, the Bonner County History Museum has been offering FREE school tours for the students of Bonner County. Unfortunately, only 3 of the 14 schools in the district regularly visit the museum for school tours, with the cost of transportation often being the barrier to their visits.
Our goal is to give each 4th grade student in the district the chance to visit the museum.
They will be exposed to a diversity of ideas, peoples, places, and time periods – providing students with a new understanding of their own time and place.
Museum School Tours
The guided tours for K-12 students are led by docents and provide memorable, immersive learning experiences and provoke imagination while introducing unknown worlds and subject matter.
Annual Sponsorship fee for one school tour: $350.00 (Includes transportation to and from museum, snacks, interactive learning experience, and customized student tour). Sponsor benefits include:
The guided tours for K-12 students are led by docents and provide memorable, immersive learning experiences and provoke imagination while introducing unknown worlds and subject matter.
Annual Sponsorship fee for one school tour: $350.00 (Includes transportation to and from museum, snacks, interactive learning experience, and customized student tour). Sponsor benefits include:
- Sponsorship recognition in relevant marketing, brochures, press releases, and signage at events
- Sponsorship listing on donor wall, website, social media and member newsletter
- Free guest passes and invitations to special events, exhibition openings, and member only events
Traveling Trunks
Built on the concept of engaging students in primary sources, traveling trunks supplement textbooks in new and exciting ways. Each trunk contains hands-on objects, maps, artifacts, primary source documents, and lesson plans which provide an exciting exploration into various parts of history and locations throughout Bonner County.
Annual Sponsorship fee for one trunk (travels to up to 14 schools): $100.00. Sponsor benefits include:
Built on the concept of engaging students in primary sources, traveling trunks supplement textbooks in new and exciting ways. Each trunk contains hands-on objects, maps, artifacts, primary source documents, and lesson plans which provide an exciting exploration into various parts of history and locations throughout Bonner County.
Annual Sponsorship fee for one trunk (travels to up to 14 schools): $100.00. Sponsor benefits include:
- Sponsorship recognition in relevant marketing, brochures, press releases, and signage at events
- Sponsorship listing on donor wall, website, social media and member newsletter
- Free guest passes and invitations to special events, exhibition openings, and member only events
Exhibits
Exhibit sponsors are crucial to the high-quality permanent and temporary exhibitions for which the museum is known. Through our exhibits we illuminate the past which has shaped the area in which we live, and highlight key aspects of the present which affect our daily lives. As a sponsor, you will be given recognition through a carefully curated recognition space in the exhibit.
Permanent Exhibit Sponsorship: $500 Permanent exhibits include David Thompson and the Fur Trade, From Forest to Field, and Guardians of the Forest
Exhibit sponsors are crucial to the high-quality permanent and temporary exhibitions for which the museum is known. Through our exhibits we illuminate the past which has shaped the area in which we live, and highlight key aspects of the present which affect our daily lives. As a sponsor, you will be given recognition through a carefully curated recognition space in the exhibit.
Permanent Exhibit Sponsorship: $500 Permanent exhibits include David Thompson and the Fur Trade, From Forest to Field, and Guardians of the Forest
Temporary Exhibit Sponsorship: $250 Temporary exhibits are rotated twice annually and include such blockbusters as Once Upon a Time and the Dark Side of Bonner County
Permanent Gallery Sponsorship: $1,000 For The Early Years, Industry and Early Sandpoint galleries. Sponsorship benefits for exhibits or galleries include:
- Logo/naming placement in connection with exhibitions, special events, and galleries
- Sponsorship recognition in relevant marketing, brochures, press releases, and signage at events
- Private, curator-led tours of exhibitions
- Sponsorship listing on donor wall, website, social media and newsletter
- Free guest passes and discounts in gift shop
- Invitations to special events, exhibition openings, and member only events