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The National Comedy Center opened in 2018 and is the nation’s official museum and only national archive dedicated to the art of comedy. The Center is home to immersive exhibits and thousands of artifacts representing comedy’s profound artistic, social, and cultural impacts.
The National Comedy Center’s mission is to provide education on the comedic arts in the form of commentary and contextualization of its bodies of work, telling the vital story of comedy in America across all eras and genres of the art form. The museum celebrates comedy’s great minds and unique voices, while providing an examination of the time-honed creative processes that have elevated comedy to an art.
As a non-profit cultural institution, the National Comedy Center relies on the support of our generous donors and friends to help fulfill its mission. Join us in supporting this important work.
Thank you!
FOUNDERS WALL
Donors committing $10,000 or more, payable term up to five years, are added to the Founders Wall at the National Comedy Center. Contact [email protected] for more information, or make an online contribution right now using the form above, noting your pledge and preferred plaque copy. Sustaining Founders pledging an additional $10,000, or new donors pledging $20,000, payable term up to five years, are included on the Founders Wall and on the dynamic Donor Acknowledgement display inside the Comedy Center main entrance lobby.
Make a Gift to the National Comedy Center Endowment
By supporting the National Comedy Center’s endowment, you are making a generous commitment and showing the world that you believe in the importance of comedy as an art form.
The National Comedy Center is proud to be the United States’ official cultural institution and museum dedicated to celebrating comedy as an art form and preserving its heritage for future generations. As the home to exclusive collections, world-class exhibits and leading-edge interactive technology, the Comedy Center engages, inspires, educates and entertains thousands of visitors who come each year from across the country and around the world. By the end of their personalized experience, Comedy Center visitors have gained a profound appreciation for comedy icons and innovators, as well as for the tremendous influence of humor on how we think, laugh and live.
You can help us by supporting our endowment. The endowment addresses the operations, programming/technology and emerging capital needs of the National Comedy Center into the future by serving as a permanent source of income as these gifts are entered into principle. The income earned by the investment of the principle is used to support our mission.
Your support helps the National Comedy Center present exhibits and preserve one-of-a-kind archives that tell the story of comedy and its artists for generations to come. A gift today helps the National Comedy Center FOREVER!
To give to the endowment, use the form above and choose “National Comedy Center Endowment” under the designation section.
Become a Member
When you become a member of the National Comedy Center, or renew your membership, you will be helping to ensure that Lucille Ball’s vision for her hometown of Jamestown, NY – as THE destination for the celebration of the comedic arts – continues to thrive.
The membership program offers various levels to meet the ability of all supporters and to provide exclusive benefits based on those levels. Find out more and join us today.
National Comedy Center & Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation Partnership
To celebrate its exhibit on Lenny Bruce, the National Comedy Center has formed a fundraising partnership with the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation. The exhibit features storytelling of Bruce’s legacy, highlighted by rare artifacts courtesy of Kitty Bruce and the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation. Items include Bruce’s iconic trench coat, which he began wearing as a matter of course owing to his being taken to jail directly from the stage; his typewriter; a hand-annotated manuscript for his book “How to Talk Dirty and Influence People”; a personal letter to his father (from jail); court transcripts; former New York State Governor George Pataki’s posthumous pardon letter and more.
The Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, founded in 2008 by Bruce’s daughter, Kitty Bruce, combats alcohol/drug addiction with scholarships and education. Working closely with treatment programs, the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation oversees many aspects of addiction service, works with approved facilities designed to save lives, and provides scholarships for those who do not have the insurance or financial means for such treatment. Donations to the National Comedy Center-Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation Partnership will support both the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation in its rehabilitative endeavors and the National Comedy Center in its continued efforts to tell the story of Lenny Bruce’s legacy and impact as a pioneer of comedy and freedom of speech.
Thank You!
If you would like more information on other development initiatives, including our Founders Society, endowment gifts and naming opportunities, please contact our Development Team at [email protected] or 716.484.2222.
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203 West Second Street
Jamestown, NY 14701
Phone
(716) 484-2222
Hours
Thursday – Monday: 10 am – 5 pm
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays (open on Tuesdays from Memorial Day through Labor Day only)
Become a Member
When you become a member of the National Comedy Center, or renew your membership, you will be helping to ensure that Lucille Ball’s vision for her hometown of Jamestown, NY – as THE destination for the celebration of the comedic arts – continues to thrive.
The membership program offers various levels to meet the ability of all supporters and to provide exclusive benefits based on those levels. Join us today.
All MEMBERS RECEIVE:
Membership Levels
In addition to the benefits listed above, each member level includes additional benefits that vary by level.
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* Membership gifts are subject to change.
** A family membership consists of 2 adults & 2 children under 18 living in the same household. Additional children under 18 can be added to a family membership for $25 each.
*** VIP access does not include access to headline performers.