Morris Museum Gets $15,000 Bank of America Award

The Morris Museum has been awarded $15,000 by Bank of America for its education program. Here's the announcement sent to Patch:

Bank of America recently awarded $15,000 to the Morris Museum. This grant benefits the Museum Loan educational program.

Funding from Bank of America will be used by the Morris Museum to support the Museum Loan Program which brings the museum to the community, allowing for innovative ways of learning that complement the classroom experience.  Museum Loan is an educational program that lends more than 1,400 portable exhibits to public, private and parochial schools, home-schoolers, libraries and service organizations. Boxes contain handling objects, visual aids and inter pretive materials that relate to a myriad of subjects in the arts, sciences and humanities.  Museum Loan programs enhance school curricula and provide a unique learning experience for students.  Last year, this popular program served more than 75,000 students, teachers and adults in classrooms and community venues throughout northern and central New Jersey.

“Since its inception, the Museum Loan Program has had a significant impact on countless New Jersey students,” said Robert H. Doherty, Bank of America New Jersey president.  “Continued support of this initiative reflects our belief that the arts, in all its forms, should be shared with the widest possible audience.”

Linda Moore, executive director of the Morris Museum, is delighted with this vital contribution.  She noted, “The Morris Museum provides unique opportunities for learning. In particular, the Museum Loan Program is an exciting educational resource for people of all ages, especially students.  We are grateful for Bank of America’s support of this wonderful program that serves so many individuals.”

About the Morris Museum

The Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts and cultural institution which serves the public through the presentation of high caliber permanent and changing exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities.  The Museum also offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings. Continuously serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ Citation of Excellence, among other awards.  The Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, and is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Admission to the museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is always free for museum members and is free to the public every Thursday between 5 and 8 p.m. For more information, call 973-971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.

Bank of America and the Arts

As one of the world's largest financial institutions and a major supporter of arts and culture, Bank of America has a vested interest and plays a meaningful role in the international dialogue on cultural understanding. As a global company, Bank of America demonstrates its commitment to the arts by supporting such efforts as after-school arts programs, grants to help expand libraries, programs to conserve artistic heritage as well as a campaign to encourage museum attendance. Bank of America offers customers free access to more than 150 of the nation’s finest cultural institutions through its acclaimed Museums on Us® program, while Art in our Communities® shares exhibits from the company’s corporate collection with communities across the country through local museum partners. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation also provides philanthropic support to museums, theaters and other arts-related nonprofits to expand their services and offerings to schools and communities. Bank of America partners with more than six thousand arts institutions worldwide.