A Permanent Home for Kurt Vonnegut’s Legacy
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Help preserve Kurt Vonnegut’s legacy by securing a new, permanent home for the Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library in Indianapolis, IN.
Backers: 1498
Average Pledge Per Backer: $78
Funded: $117,291 of $99,999
Dates: Jun 6th -> Jul 14th (38 days)
Project By: Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Backers: 1498
Average Pledge Per Backer: $78
Funded: $117,291 of $99,999
Dates: Jun 6th -> Jul 14th (38 days)
Project By: Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
$117,291
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 14 @ 17:01 -0400 GMT
117%
of goal
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Latest News
Thank YOU! We made it! 
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
As the founder and CEO of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, I want to thank you... YOU... for all you did to make our Kickstarter campaign a success. This means so much for our organization. We get to move into our dream home! And we want you to... (Read More)
Final $10k Push and $5K Match
July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re in the final stretch! Thank you karass! The Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library’s Board of Directors will generously provide a $5k match to help us cross the line, but we need your help to raise the first $5k. Share our project with your family... (Read More)
New reward! The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated Edition
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to Vonnegut scholar Marc Leeds for donating copies of the soon-to-be released Vonnegut Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated Edition!! We have 20 copies available to the first 20 backers at $400. You can increase your pledge to $400 to... (Read More)
Services Donated for the New Building!
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re so pleased to announce that members of the Indianapolis community have rallied to donate services to help us with the cost of our new, permanent home. Now, we just need Vonnegut fans everywhere to rally and help us successfully fund our... (Read More)
Reward Highlight--Mab Graves
July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Huge thank you to the artist Mab Graves for donating prints for our $1,000 reward! Kurt Vonnegut said, “To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” Back at $1,000 or increase your pledge to... (Read More)
Happy Fourth of July!
July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Fourth of July backers! To celebrate Independence Day, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library began voter’s registration today. Please share our project and help us have more space where folks from all over the U.S. can register to vote. Cheers,... (Read More)
800 Backers, 12 Days to Go!
July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you backers!!!! There are 800 of you, and we couldn’t be more excited about the support from Vonnegut fans worldwide. But we still have a way to go to reach our $99,999 goal over the next 12 days. Please share our project this holiday... (Read More)
New Reward: “A Writer’s Roots: Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis”
June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re thrilled to offer a new reward at the $300 level! Thanks to our friends at WFYI, we have a limited number of director’s cut editions of their wonderful documentary, “A Writer’s Roots: Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis.” See how... (Read More)
Kickstarter Campaign Looks To Help Preserve Author Kurt Vonnegut's Legacy With New Museum
June 28th - via: business2community.com
The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is seeking to help keep author Kurt Vonnegut (Read More)
Halfway There + New Reward
June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hats off to all of you for helping us reach our halfway point! We are 50% funded with 18 days to go! Please continue to share our project with Vonnegut fans around the world, so that we can secure our new, permanent home where we will continue to... (Read More)
Thank You!!!!
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you SO much for helping us reach over 500 backers and secure our $10,000 match! Here's an example of the work you're helping us continue: You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00... (Read More)
$10k Match!
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library is thrilled to announce that we have a wonderfully generous Vonnegut fan who will make a $10,000 pledge to our Kickstarter project if we reach 500 backers by Saturday! Please pass along our project to your friends... (Read More)
Exclusive Asterisk Snaptech for our $500 Backers!
June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to Truen Jaimes of House of 5th for creating this beautiful, exclusive Snaptech leather accessory for our $500 backers to our project to preserve Kurt’s legacy! This Snaptech features Vonnegut’s famed asterisk design on raw leather.... (Read More)
Vonnegut's Voice for Us Today
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library serves everyone and is dedicated to creating a kinder, more peaceful world, just as Kurt wanted. Today, we share Kurt's words as our thoughts are with everyone in Orlando, the LGBT community, the Latino community,... (Read More)
So it Grows
June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Here’s just one way your support of our project will help us preserve Vonnegut’s legacy. So it goes. So we grow. (Read More)
A Permanent Home for Kurt’s Legacy is a Featured Project!
June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re so excited to share with you that our project--A Permanent Home for Kurt Vonnegut’s Legacy--is a featured publishing project on Kickstarter today! Thank you all for helping us reach 13% funded and thank you Kickstarter for highlighting our... (Read More)
"If this isn't nice, I don't know what is!"
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all for helping us raise almost $10,000 in two days! Your support helps us have a home where we can continue our programs for teachers, veterans, students, writers, and artists. The Kurt Vonnegut Museum * Library is more than a museum.... (Read More)
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