Help Bring Henrietta Home!

We need YOUR help to make the Reading Public Museum Henrietta’s permanent home. The Museum is looking for the community’s help to raise $50,000 to purchase the oil painting, Henrietta with Red Book, by John Sloan to add to the permanent collection.

Fundraising Goal: $50,000

Why Henrietta? Here are just a FEW reasons of why we NEED her!

1. The Museum currently has four etchings by John Sloan, but no oil painting.

2. Sloan is an important Pennsylvania artist (born in Lock Haven) 

3. This early work reflects the artist’s experimentation in color in the 19-teens.

4. Sloan painted Henrietta Mayer, who was a modern woman—a  so-called ‘Shop Girl’ and artist’s model—at least five times between 1913 and 1914 in canvases which were essentially studies in color. One version of Henrietta is also owned by the
Delaware Art Museum.

***As a thank you for your support and help to secure Henrietta for The Museum's permanent collection, if the campaign is successful you will receive a gift for donating at the following levels!

$25 – RPM Car magnet 

$50 – Invite for 2 to Champagne toast plus the gift from the lower level

$100 – Family gift membership for 1 year plus the gifts from the lower levels (Family Membership must be claimed by a new Member)

$250 – 2 tickets to Night at The Museum fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 21 plus the gifts from the lower levels

$500 – 2 seats at a leadership dinner plus the gifts from the lower levels

***$25, $50 and $100 level donations are fully tax deductible

$250 - $130 is tax deductible

$500 - $250 is tax deductible

Want to help?

There are a few ways to make your generous donation — by visiting our Crowdrise page, dropping off at the admissions desk, mailing with attention to Henrietta, or over the phone by calling Lidsay at 610.371.5850 x230.