You can support the Akron History Center in so many ways! Scroll down to become a member, or donate an artifact. Click the button to make a donation. Come volunteer with us, or become a sponsor. But most importantly, come for a visit and learn about Akron’s rich and inspired history!


Become a Member

Akron History Center Donor Benefits

Support the Akron History Center at any level that is right for you. Your generous gift will help us maintain and improve this essential community resource.

MEMBER
$250 Level

• Membership in the Akron History Center

• Acknowledgment in sponsored publications and on the Akron History Center website

COMMUNITY
$500 Level

All Benefits of Member level plus the following:

• One entry into the drawing to win places for two on the two-hour Akron Tour with Dave Lieberth

• An original hand-crafted Akron-centric memento from Zeber Martell

MAKER
$1,000 Level

All Benefits of Community level plus the following:

• Invitation to special events and to the opening ceremonies of the Akron History Center

• The “Akron at 200” Bicentennial Anthology published by University of Akron Press.

• Admission for two on the two-hour Akron Tour with Dave Lieberth

SPONSOR
$5,000 Level

All Benefits of Maker level plus the following:

• Acknowledgment on the Recognition Wall at the Akron History Center

SHOWCASE
$ 7,500 Level

All Benefits of Sponsor level plus the following:

• A hand-crafted personalized ceramic plaque created by Akron artists Claudia Zeber and Michael Martell as an homage to Akron’s role as a center of clay products manufacturing in the 19th century.

BUILDER
$10,000 Level

All Benefits of Showcase level plus the following:

• Corporate participants will be linked on the History Center website to the Donor’s website

• Underwriting credit for visits by 5,000 Akron Public School students annually

• Identification package – Donor’s name/logo on published material, advertising, and marketing materials; Recognition in all media releases and social media posts



Donate an Artifact

The Akron History Center does not collect artifacts of Akron history, but we are happy to facilitate donations that embody Akron’s past. We work with three local archives that accept donations of photos, letters, documents and 3-dimensional artifacts:

  • The Summit County Historical Society
  • The Special Collections Division of the Akron-Summit County Public Library
  • The University of Akron Archives

Complete the form below, and we will direct your request to the repository that is best able to accept and preserve the items you wish to donate.