Thank you for considering donating to the Science Museum of Western Virginia! We are a non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of donors like you to continue our mission of making science and technology accessible to all people and nurturing life-long learning. 100% of your donation goes directly towards enhancing the museum’s exhibit collection, developing our education department and expanding our reach within the local community.

A word from our Executive Director

“The Science Museum is unique in that it receives overwhelming support from members of our community to help us continue growing and doing all we can to give back to that same community. Thank you for your support.”

What your donation can provide:

  • $10 offers free admission for an underprivileged child
  • $100 buys new MakerLab supplies for visitors to use
  • $250 provides a 1 scholarship for a week of Summer Camp
  • $500 covers care costs for all museum animals for a month
Make a donation today
If you would like more information about how you can become one of our esteemed donors, please call or email our Director of Philanthropy, Mary Roberts Baako at 540.342.5703 or mrobertsbaako@smwv.org, or make a secure online donation. We would love you to come in to visit us also so that we can put a face to a donor’s name!

Donate with Smilematic with you Amazon purchases!

Smilematic is a free Chrome extension the automatically turns your everyday Amazon purchases into AmazonSmile donations! This plug-in will automatically re-direct you to smile.amazon.com (exactly the same as amazon.com) and when you complete you purchase, 0.5% of the cost is donated to the Science Museum. It costs nothing, and has all the benefit.

Simply:

  1. Download the plug-in here
  2. That’s it! When you go to amazon.com, the plug-in will automatically re-direct you and you will be donating when you make your purchase at no additional cost!​

Consider donating to our partner, the Virginia Mineral Project! The VMP is a dedicate to collecting, preserving and educating our community about Virginia’s mineral history. 

Find out more here and contact Thomas Hale at virginiamineralproject@gmail.com for more information.

Car donation

Did you know that you don’t have to give cash donations to the museum to also support us? You can donate your old car rather than going through the hassle of selling it! We have teamed up with ‘Donate for Charity’ which makes this whole process easy. You will receive a minimum $500 tax deduction and the car will be picked up in 1-2 days. Cars don’t have to be running to qualify! All net proceeds go towards supporting your science museum.

You can find out more information on Donate for Charity’s website. If you would like to donate your car, complete a Vehicle Donation Form or call us at 540.342.5710.