What we highlight, through our newsletters, events, social media, and even exhibits, is like a single glance through a microscope on all the local history work we do. 

You are a part of that history! The countless stories preserved by The History Center's dedicated team are filled with folks just like you. Your life experiences, day over day, are an important piece of our history. Whenever you help a neighbor, attend a concert, start a business, or volunteer your time, you build a foundation in our community for the next generations to call Tompkins County home. 

As the stewards of our community history - preserving over 500,000 items and connecting tens of thousands of visitors and researchers with Tompkins County history each year - we honor the shared trust you place in us as stewards of community memory. You can amplify history that matters with a year-end gift to The History Center. 

Your tax-deductible gift helps in so many ways: creating new exhibits and displays, processing archival collections and making them available to the public, maintaining our wonderful Exhibit Hall and Research Library, and allowing us to offer local history and educational programs at affordable prices to our community. Donations are vital to our success in preservation, education, and connection to local history. 

We accept donations via Paypal, Venmo (@TompkinsHistory), Wild Apricot, mailed checks, and cash donations in our Exhibit Hall. 

Learn more at thehistorycenter.net/DONATE