The payoff moment for Kolb came on a preview day for members this month when the first visitors came through the door.
"All of us watched as the first kid walked in, looked around at the Great Hall, and said, 'Wow.' The entire staff had tears in their eyes."
A Museum Move Adds Up
The Please Touch funding campaign stands at $72.04 million, including $5.5 million anticipated from sale of the 21st Street property. Following are costs and funding, including donations of $500,000 or more.
Project costs
Construction $44.6 million
Consultant fees (legal, historic, marketing and business) $11.4 million
Penn's Landing project $10 million
Moving, fund-raising, marketing and opening festivities $9.8 million
Visitor experience (including exhibits and carousel) $9.8 million
Furniture, fixtures and equipment $2 million
Permits and remediation $400,000
TOTAL: $88 million
Funding sources
Government funds
State: $19,750,000
Federal: $7,084,723
Local: $5,500,000
Major donations
Dorrance H. Hamilton: $5 million
William Penn Foundation: $2.8 million
Hamilton Family Foundation: $2 million
Pew Charitable Trusts: $2 million
Wachovia Bank: $1.5 million
Annenberg Foundation: $1.5 million
Delaware River Port Authority:$1.5 million
Toyota: $1.1 million
Bill and Susan Shea: $1 million
Anonymous donor: $1 million
Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A (as recommended by Carole Haas Gravagno): $1 million
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: $850,000
Philadelphia Foundation: $840,000
Arcadia Foundation: $750,000
McDonald's Corp.: $730,000
Elizabeth R. Moran: $600,000
Independence Foundation: $525,000
Connelly Foundation: $500,000
Albert M. Greenfield Foundation: $500,000
Hess Foundation: $500,000
Independence Blue Cross: $500,000
Robert McNeil: $500,000
TOTAL RAISED TO DATE: $72.04 million
LEFT TO RAISE: $15.96 million
SOURCE: Please Touch Museum
Contact culture writer Peter Dobrin at 215-854-5611 or pdobrin@phillynews.com. Read his blog at http://go.philly.com/artswatch.
