Help Us Celebrate Our City in 2018 🗽
Today The City Reliquary is launching its 2017 Year-End campaign. As we close another eventful year, I wanted to reflect on the compelling programs and exhibitions made possible because of **Civic New Yorkers** like you, and to ask for [your support](https://www.artful.ly/cityreliquary/store/donate) in the coming year.
<a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1d314f6c7241bcaf87d0d872a/images/3413ccf9-b847-480a-90c0-6ca55ad20ba7.jpg" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="New York World ad for Pedestal Fund" data-file-id="1581101" height="272" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1d314f6c7241bcaf87d0d872a/images/3413ccf9-b847-480a-90c0-6ca55ad20ba7.jpg" style="border: 2px solid #222222;width: 200px;height: 272px;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="200"/></a>Our staff and volunteers rely on Members like you to help make the Reliquary possible. Joseph Pulitzer’s 1883 “Pedestal Fund†for the Statue of Liberty revealed the powerful result when people of all economic and cultural backgrounds unite towards a common goal. The symbol of our city--and of the American Dream--literally stands on the contributions of the people.
In that spirit, and during this challenging time for small and feisty non-profits, we remind you that **even the smallest donation makes a difference**.** **To this day, **the majority of our funding comes through individual gifts under $100.** All gifts are tax-deductible.
If you can make a larger gift and wish to do so, consider sponsoring a specific Reliquary initiative: ensure the [maintenance of our permanent exhibits](https://www.artful.ly/cityreliquary/store/donate), support a [signature event or public program](https://www.artful.ly/cityreliquary/store/donate), or [make possible a special exhibition](https://www.artful.ly/cityreliquary/store/donate). You can find more details [on our Artfully page](https://www.artful.ly/cityreliquary/store/donate).
Thanks to your generosity, our community museum has been **For the people, not for profit** **for 15 years**. Please help us continue to offer exhibitions and events that deepen our connection with the great City of New York for another 15 years and beyond.
Always Civic,
Dave Herman, Founder
The City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization
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[Visit our website for more pics](http://cityreliquary.org/appeal2017) of these events and other 2017 Reliquary moments.
Following knishes came ***Closet Archaeology***, one of our most successful exhibitions to date. This exciting show featured over a century’s worth of everyday objects excavated by fourth-grade students from beneath the floorboards of their school building and received a wealth of press coverage, from the *New Yorker* to the *New York Post*.
We’ll close out 2017 with ***NYC Trash! Past, Present, & Future***, which considers the history and anthropology of trash in New York from the 19-century slums of Manhattan to present-day innovations for reuse and recycle to trash as a cultural archive.
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Equally successful was the** 2017 Miss Subways Extravaganza**. This anti-pageant addressed the current deplorable condition of the NYC subway system and raised funds for the Riders Alliance advocacy group. Celebrity judges including Janeane Garofalo and NY1's own Roger Clark evaluated contestants who embodied the diversity of our city and showcased the unique talents of New York.
We also hosted a brass-band blowout party to herald **HONK NYC 2017**, and we even marched in the **Coney Island Mermaid Parade**.
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