{"id":9139,"date":"2018-10-25T21:19:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T01:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=9139"},"modified":"2018-10-26T07:39:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:39:10","slug":"decordova-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/10\/25\/decordova-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"DeCordova May Become Subsidiary Of Trustees Of Reservations: \u2018This Unstable Financial Model Has Finally Collapsed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to resolve \u201cunsustainable\u201d budget crunches, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum<\/a> in Lincoln, Massachusetts, is in talks to become a subsidiary of the Trustees of Reservations<\/a>, a major Massachusetts cultural and land conservation nonprofit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat would change if DeCordova became a part of the Trustees operation? Not a whole lot,\u201d Barbara Erickson, Trustees president and CEO, said when the two organizations presented their agreement to explore \u201can exciting partnership\u201d<\/a> to Lincoln\u2019s State of the Town Meeting<\/a> last Saturday, Oct. 20. \u201cWe\u2019re interested in DeCordova because of the resources it provides today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erickson praised DeCordova’s curatorial and education expertise, saying, \u201cThe quality exhibitions and programming opportunities will continue to be sustained.”<\/p>\n

The plan must be approved by a vote of Lincoln residents, which has been scheduled for March 2019, and is contingent upon completion of a campaign by both organizations to raise $15 million to secure DeCordova\u2019s endowment and operational stability, according to the museum.<\/p>\n