Find Your Place

Classroom Cubbies

$1,000 per cubby

There are only 48 sweet chances to see your name (or a kiddo or family name) on one of the cubbies in the Museum’s new Education Center. These lockers will hold all the belongings for young creatives visiting the Mingei classroom for the day. Snag yours today! Names will be added to the front of the locker. 

Limit two per household. 

Tree of Life

$1,500

Contribute a leaf to our Tree of Life, and help the transformed Museum bloom. As we near the end of construction, your gift will support the set-up and animation of the new Museum, including fixtures, furnishings, signage and all the details that will make Mingei feel welcoming and accessible. Donors will be recognized on an artist-designed, three-dimensional “tree of life” inspired by the Museum’s collection, which will be displayed in a lighted niche outside the Museum’s entrance. Your name will be visible on the tree for 12 months, after which the leaf with your name on it will be given back to you as a keepsake.

Nikigator Relocation

$500

Help us bring Nikigator home! Everyone’s favorite mosaic reptile is scheduled to return to her nest in Balboa Park, right in front of Mingei. This beloved piece from the Museum’s collection needs to be transported via flatbed truck and lifted by crane onto a new, soft pad. Help us get her ready to welcome visitors for play again! Donors will be recognized on signage inside the arcade in front of the Museum, adjacent to the Plaza de Panama, for at least 12 months. 

Theater Seats

$2,500 per chair

Have your name inscribed on one of the Theater’s iconic Arne Jacobsen chairs. The Theater will be a place for performances, lectures, concerts, films and more, with a 40’ glass door that frames the south wall and opens completely to the amphitheater. The chairs are classic examples of Danish design, rounding out the beautiful new space with flexible seating arrangements. A limited number of these special chairs available—don’t miss this chance to be recognized!