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Help save Stevenson's Cottage

Despite its rich history as the world’s first dedicated Stevenson site and unmatched collection of artifacts, the Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage Museum urgently needs financial support to secure its future. It's been preserved by a single family of volunteer caretakers for three generations and more than 70 years. But the historic building urgently needs repairs.

The all-volunteer museum has raised $170,000 through donations and grants to start addressing emergency needs. We replaced the roof, but the cottage needs a full restoration: a $2 million project. Your donation can help us save one of the great literary sites in America.

The Stevenson Society of America is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

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What your donation can do

25$ can help protect a historical document.

50$ would buy Stevenson books for a gift shop.

100$ can help protect and display an artifact.

250$ would pay for specialized caretaking supplies.

500$ would provide wi-fi for caretakers and visitors.

1000$ would pay for a new display guide to the exhibit.

2500$ would buy a museum sign to improve public awareness.

5000$ would pay for improved lighting to the exhibit.

10000$ would pay for a humidity control preservation system.

50000$ would help complete top-priority building repairs.

This includes site drainage, upper-level carpentry, foundation, chimney, wall repair.

"[Money is] a luxury in which we may either indulge or stint ourselves, like any other. And there are many luxuries that we may legitimately prefer to it, such as a grateful conscience. . . Year by year, it is [ours] to distribute . . . to further public works and institutions."

- Robert Louis Stevenson