Great universities have great museums. The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University preserves and shares the stories of civilization, providing access to ideas that transform communities by creating global connections and understanding. The good work—and good works—at the Carlos are more important than ever as Emory reaffirms its commitment to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.

Your gift will support the Carlos Museum in meaningful ways. An endowment will enable the museum to strengthen permanent collections and exhibitions and develop innovative, interdisciplinary publications and education programs. Investments in facility improvements and technology will ensure the museum’s collections are preserved for future generations and easily accessible for research, teaching, and community service programs.

Your support will strengthen the Carlos Museum’s six major collection areas: ancient American art; ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern art; ancient Greek and Roman art; Asian art; sub-Saharan African art; and works on paper, including European and American prints, drawings, and photographs. In addition to building those research resources, your gift will help fund the Carlos Museum’s conservation laboratory, where precious records of cultural history are preserved for generations to come. Unique in the Southeast, this facility focuses on teaching and offers students conservation experience.

More than 100,000 visitors come to the Carlos Museum each year, and demand for the museum’s collections, special exhibitions, and public programming continues to increase. As the museum’s educational offerings grow, so does the need for enhanced facilities. Your gift will help protect and display collections and exhibitions and enable improvements in the conservation laboratory. You can help provide the best possible care for the collections and the highest quality spaces and procedures for storage, study, display, and conservation of art and artifacts.

Your gift will support special exhibitions that strengthen scholarship at the University and enrich the larger community. As a premier art museum, the Carlos is compelled to share its educational resources with as many members of the surrounding community as possible.

Your investment will attract international scholars to interpret the collections and exhibitions for public audiences and strengthen the Carlos Museum’s online offerings so that students worldwide—young and old—can benefit. Your support will increase learning opportunities for families, build relationships with area schools, and enable collaborations with Emory’s academic departments and community volunteer programs.

Since its 19th-century beginnings on Emory University’s original campus in Oxford, Georgia, the Carlos Museum has become a tremendous resource, fueling scholarship and offering opportunities for understanding and human connection. By preserving and exploring the achievements of the human mind and hand, the Carlos provides a foundation for humanistic inquiry and kindles the spark of lifelong learning. Your gift to the museum will bring international recognition to Emory and enrich the region’s cultural landscape.