Join us at Funders Day where we will be unveiling the new restrooms! RSVP here!
Every visitor deserves
a dignified welcome.
Every visitor deserves
a dignified welcome.
Help us renovate and expand our restrooms — so schoolchildren, families, and every guest can arrive with comfort, not chaos.
Help us renovate and expand our restrooms — so schoolchildren, families, and every guest can arrive with comfort, not chaos.
Join us at Funders Day where we will be unveiling the new restrooms! RSVP here!
The Problem:
When the bus pulls up, the welcome falls short.
Every year, more than 8,000 visitors walk through our doors — schoolchildren on field trips, seniors on bus tours, families driving in from across New England. When a busload of 50 guests arrives at once, they are greeted by restrooms built in 1990 that can only handle two people at a time. The result: long lines stretching into the hallway, anxious children, uncomfortable elders — and a first impression that colors the entire visit before it has truly begun.
The restrooms have also aged poorly and no longer meet current ADA accessibility standards — a real problem for a museum that serves older visitors and individuals with disabilities every day.
Renovated Women's Room
Six stalls, including a fully wheelchair-accessible stall and an ADA ambulatory stall with grab bars — up from two stalls today.
Renovated Men's Room
Two stalls — wheelchair-accessible and ambulatory — plus three urinals. Fully updated fixtures and finishes throughout.
New Family & All-Genders Room
A generously sized, fully ADA-compliant space with a baby-changing table, welcoming parents, caregivers, non-binary visitors, and anyone who needs a little more room.
The Solution:
Modern. Accessible. Aligning with our mission.
Working from completed architectural plans, we will gut and rebuild the existing restrooms and add a brand-new family restroom — creating facilities that are modern, accessible, and genuinely adequate for our visitor volume. The project is fully designed, contractor selected, and shovel-ready.
A restroom is not an afterthought. It is infrastructure. It is hospitality. It is a direct expression of how much we value the people who come here.
Join us at Funders Day where we will be unveiling the new restrooms! RSVP here!
Every gift moves us one fixture closer.
No gift is too small — and every contribution is a vote for the kind of welcome our visitors deserve. Choose a giving level, or make a gift of any amount.
