Each year, the Museum receives support from passionate Members, volunteers, and friends through their estates. Their gifts provide a lasting impact that helps keep the WWII generation’s voice alive. And every gift counts—no matter the size, your gift will help ensure that future generations are inspired by the Museum you cherish today.

Your generous gift will become part of the Museum’s endowment, which was established to help meet current institutional goals and secure resources for future goals of expanding exhibits, infrastructure, and staff. These cherished endowment funds provide support for the Museum’s educational programming, while also supplying our staff with the means to think creatively and design new initiatives for generations to come.

Making a lasting tribute to the Museum through a deferred planned gift is easy and can be as simple as creating provisions in your will or revocable living trust to benefit the Museum, or naming us as a beneficiary in your life insurance policy. A charitable gift in your estate plan is easy to establish, can be changed at any time, and often produces tangible benefits for you and your family.

Through your planned gift, your legacy is secured forever as a member of the Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society, an essential part of the foundation of this institution. Ambrose, who passed away in 2002, devoted his life’s work to preserving and honoring the stories of our service members and Home Front workers who helped achieve victory in World War II. Through the Society, you reflect those values and become a part of our mission: to educate younger generations on the lessons of World War II and to honor the men and women who sacrificed so much for us.