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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 $225,000 through donations and grants for emergency needs.
We replaced the roof and made other urgent repairs, but the cottage needs a full $2 million restoration.
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.
What Your Donation Can Do
$25 can help protect a historical document or manuscript.
$50 would buy a post to help restore a traditional split-rail fence.
$100 will help protect and display an artifact from the collection.
$250 would pay for exterior wood restoration for a section of the cottage.
$500 would restore a section of Stevenson’s beloved verandah.
$1,000 will fund ceiling repairs for a room in Stevenson’s quarters.
$10,000 will buy a humidity control system to protect the collection
$50,000 will lay a new foundation for an Education Center in the cottage barn.
"[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 ."