The '54 Fund

Since our founding in 1954, the National Sporting Library & Museum has served as a steward of sporting history and tradition through education, accessibility, and community building. This year marks the 70th anniversary if the Library’s founding, an important milestone that YOU have helped us achieve. As we reflect on the decades past, we look to the future: continuing to preserve our collections for posterity, as well as to introduce a new audience to sporting culture and our connection to landscape and wildlife.

Thanks to YOUR overwhelming generosity, we were able to reach an amazing milestone this year: 1,000,000 people, both virtually and in-person, have viewed our collections, exhibitions, and programs. YOU helped us bring not just one, but two New York Times Best Selling Author’s to Middleburg: Douglas Tallamay and Elizabeth Letts. YOUR support last year allowed us to host a landmark exhibit of 50 wildlife masterworks from collections spanning from Wyoming to the Netherlands. To top it off, YOU helped us make free community events possible, such as our Open Late concert series and Sunday Sketch classes.

Donations to The ’54 Fund will support our most essential needs as we head into the new year. If you have not yet had the opportunity to see Honoring the Point: The Gwynne McDevitt Sporting Dog Collection, we hope you will visit us soon to see this amazing exhibition of sporting dog works, now part of the NSLM’s permanent collection.

Please consider a gift to The ’54 Fund today. Thank you!

P.S. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference!