Individuals, corporations, foundations and associations provide charitable gifts to support the National Museum of Dentistry in the form of naming opportunities, sponsorship of traveling and on-site exhibitions, special programs and events.

Gifts will be used to educate current and future generations, to preserve historic artifacts and to provide exhibitions and programs that promote dentistry, dental history and the importance of oral health in a healthy life to a national audience.

In appreciation of a gift at one of these leadership levels, the National Museum of Dentistry recognizes donors locally and nationally by:

• Listing on the donor board in the Atrium


• Appropriate acknowledgment in each naming/sponsorship opportunity area


• Acknowledging the donor as a partner in our efforts to preserve the history of dentistry and educate the public about the importance of oral health, through listing in nationally distributed press materials, on the museum’s web site and at the museum’s booth at major dental meetings


• Recognizing the donor in the annual report of gifts, distributed to the national dental community.

GIVING SOCIETIES

G.V. Black Society	$1,000,000 and above
Patrons Society	$500,000 - $999,999
Leadership Society	$250,000 - $499,999
New Century Society	$100,000 - $249,999
Benefactors Society	$10,000 - $  24,999
Friends Society	$1,000 Individual, $5,000 Organization - $9,999

Campaign donors will now have the opportunity to have a permanent place at this historic site. Donors of $1,000,000 and $500,000 may have their likeness (or a designated likeness) placed on a plaque that will be permanently attached to one of the eight pillars in the museum’s Atrium.

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXHIBIT SPONSORSHIPS
HEALING ART OF DENTISTRY GALLERY
From the earliest records of dentistry, through the evolution of dental education and the establishment of dental specialties, to the history of the dental chair, this gallery showcases a compelling presentation of the healing art of dentistry.

ENTRANCE TO DENTAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION
This elegant walkway from Greene Street to the Courtyard entrance to the museum is paved with engraved bricks, preparing the visitor to enter a world of dental history and education about the importance of oral health.

ORAL HYGIENE GALLERY
This gallery includes the striking oral hygiene products wall featuring various dentifrices in bottles, tins, tubes and porcelain pot lids. The opposite wall is a toothbrush exhibit featuring all types of exotic toothbrushes mounted on a giant, 6-foot tall, transparent tooth. In the center of the gallery is the Tooth Jukebox flanked by poster’s from the museum’s extensive collection.

EVOLUTION OF THE DRILL DISPLAY
This exhibition case features bow-drills, hand drills, mechanical wind-up drills, a foot-treadle engine, and an early 1893 S.S. White “New Model No. 2 Motor Stand Outfit”, which incorporates a generator with the electric motor to operate the drill.

FORGE TO FACTORY DISPLAY
This case demonstrates the evolution of extraction instruments from medieval pelicans first mentioned in 1363; to dental turnkeys, to combination instruments like the one brought over on the Mayflower, to perpendicular and regular forceps and elevators, including the goat’s foot elevator featured as the railing stanchions for the stairway to the second floor of the museum.

DOLLHOUSE DENTAL CABINET
This child-friendly dental cabinet was one of 300 manufactured between 1930-33 by the American Cabinet Company of Two River, Wisconsin. This particular cabinet is known as “American Junior Colonial Cabinet No. 200” and housed the instruments used by Dr. John W. Sherer in his New Jersey practice from 1932-52.

MEDAL OF HONOR
Gordon Lyle, a dentist serving in the Marine Corps in 1919, and tell the story of the three courageous dentists who have received this award since the Civil War. The NMD is the only non-military museum to be honored with the care of one of these medals. Visitors to NMD will be fascinated with the stories of these true American heroes and role models.

THE FUTURE IS NOW: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN DENTISTRY
This traveling exhibit pays tribute to the movers and shakers who paved the way for African Americans’ success as dental professionals. The Future is Now contains dramatic portraits, moving memoirs and inspirational stories of individual and collective achievement. To date it has inspired young and old in Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Washington, DC and Nashville. An additional two year tour to six sites is planned for 2007-2009.

YOUR SPITTING IMAGE: THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, THE MOUTH EDITION
This interactive exhibition, targeted to middle and high school students, will be seen both at NMD and at science centers around the country. Organized in three topical areas, saliva, forensics and bioengineering, the exhibit increases understanding of the ways genomics research will impact oral and overall health for years to come. The exhibit highlights personal stories of researchers and is designed to increase interest in careers in science.

For additional information, please contact Rosemary C. Fetter, Executive Director 410.706.6177 or rfetter@dentalmuseum.umaryland.edu. 11/7/06