THE LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM A GIFT TO THE WORLD T H E L OUISIANA M USEUM F O U N DATIO N C A M P A I G N F O R THE NEW O R LEANS J AZZ M USEUM The Campaign The New Orleans Jazz Museum showcasing Louisiana’s rich history and culture. The Museum Foundation and LSM operates nine museums across the state, with Louisiana State Museum have The Louisiana Museum Foundation (LMF), in support To be housed within the historic Old U.S. Mint five located in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter: joined forces to embrace this ambitious of the Louisiana State Museum (LSM), is engaged in (1838)—strategically located at the intersection the Cabildo, the $2 million capital campaign to build the world’s a $2 million capital campaign to create a world- of the city’s French Quarter (Vieux Carré) and Presbytère, the 1850 newest and best jazz museum. Having raised class New Orleans Jazz Museum. While nearly half Frenchmen Street live music corridor—the New House, Madame nearly half of the required funds, we are now ready of the campaign’s $2 million goal has already Orleans Jazz Museum will place on permanent John’s Legacy, and to move into the public phase of the campaign. been acquired or pledged, your help is needed display the world-renowned New Orleans the Old U.S. Mint. Several unique, high-visibility naming opportunities to complete the funding for this historic project! Jazz Club Collections of the Louisiana Since 1978, the LSM exist for signature supporters, including an overall State Museum. Meticulously collected has been entrusted prime sponsorship of the New Orleans Jazz Museum, In addition to underwriting capital construction over several decades by the storied with preserving and as well as specific room and gallery naming rights. and other project-related needs, the campaign New Orleans Jazz Club, this extraordinary showcasing the New All supporters will be recognized in the Museum. will help fund the essential, ongoing process assemblage of jazz artifacts was donated of jazz collections conservation and Orleans Jazz Club by the club to the Louisiana State Museum Our timing could not be better. As the city of New preservation, including preserving many Collections, the in the late 1970s. Since that time, the Orleans looks back with great pride on nearly 300 priceless musical instruments and related world’s most extensive Museum has expanded its jazz-related years of history, we also recognize that this is an artifacts. Just a few examples from the assemblage of early holdings, laying a foundation for the era of tremendous excitement and opportunity. With Museum’s vast collection include: Louis jazz instruments all-new Museum to showcase the a dynamic, expanding population, as well as nearly Armstrong’s first cornet; Sidney Bechet’s and artifacts. world’s largest collection of jazz ten million visitors from around the world each year, soprano saxophone; Edward “Kid” instruments, as well as an extensive collection For nearly 35 the Crescent City is reestablishing itself as a global Ory’s trombone; George Lewis’ clarinet; of photographs, artifacts, and other ephemera years, the Louisiana mecca for world-class art, culture, and of course, and Warren “Baby” Dodds’ drumset. focused on the origins, evolution, and Museum Foundation music. The New Orleans Jazz Museum will fuel Additionally, through primary/grade continuing relevance of New Orleans jazz. has been the major this ongoing renaissance, boosting cultural tourism school–level and university (postsecondary) Instruments in storage. Your support for 501(c)(3) charitable and uniting global music lovers in a celebration education/research programming and In its entirety, the Museum will encompass this campaign will allow us to share our one-of-a-kind collection in a dynamic donor support of jazz—the music that fills our streets, forms the partnerships, the New Orleans Jazz Museum more than 14,000 square feet, spanning educational setting. organization for heartbeat of our city, and makes the world a much will broaden local, national, and global the entire second floor of the Old U.S. LSM. In addition to happier place. understanding of jazz as the most Mint. The project’s core, which is the focus an experienced and dynamic core staff, the LMF is innovative, historically pivotal musical of this capital campaign, includes eight rooms, governed and supported by an accomplished, all- art form in American history. totaling over 8,000 square feet. These include a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of leaders large main exhibition room, a visitor orientation from across Louisiana’s arts, culture, and business In Summary Your gift, along with donations from theater, a youth and family education center, a sectors. Independently audited, the LMF is highly other visionary private supporters, rotating exhibitions gallery, and four “interactive regarded for its fiscal responsibility and careful will enable the New Orleans Jazz Museum to rooms,” where visitors can, among other fun and Unparalleled project exceptionalism, stewardship of philanthropic donations. open in the fall of 2017, just in time for educational activities, create and electronically share as well as breadth/uniqueness New Orleans’ landmark 2018 music reflecting diverse styles and periods of New The Case: Why in New Orleans of early jazz collections. tricentennial celebration Orleans jazz. In combination with a state-of-the-art and Why Now? of its founding. No live music performance venue located on the Unquestionable institutional legitimacy, other permanent New Orleans is unquestionably the birthplace of Old U.S. Mint’s third floor, the New Orleans Jazz jazz, American’s most quintessential musical art form. scal responsibility, and capability. jazz exhibition in Museum will have strong, multigenerational appeal. the world will match Jazz remains New Orleans’ musical gift to the world! Nearly half of the $2 million campaign the New Orleans The Implementation Team It is unfortunate—and sadly ironic—that the city which Jazz Museum for Founded in 1906 in New Orleans, the Louisiana created jazz has lacked anything resembling a proper goal already pledged or in-hand. authenticity, creative State Museum is a statewide network of National jazz museum for more than a decade. However, that interactivity, and Historic Landmarks and architecturally significant situation is rapidly changing for the better. Propelled Great timing for New Orleans’ ongoing breadth and depth structures that house nearly half a million artifacts by an aggressive strategic plan, the Louisiana renaissance and 2018 tricentennial. of collections. .