The Vagina Museum will press ahead with plans to reopen at a new site in east London after raising more than £85,000 through a crowdfunding campaign ahead of its early June deadline.
It announced last week that it had found its third physical setting but needed to raise £85,000, partially for the deposit.
Today, the charity’s crowdfunder exceeded the £85,000 total and the charity confirmed its intentions to reopen. At the time of writing, it has raised £85,805 of the £85,000 goal, from 2,400 donations.
A spokesperson for the charity told Civil Society that they did not expect to hit their target so soon.
“We’re absolutely blown away by the kindness, love and generosity that the world has shown the Vagina Museum in the past week,” they said.
“It’s truly the sense of a community coming together to protect and assist a project that means so much to so many. We’re thrilled to have reached our target, and very excited to bring our exhibitions back into the physical world.”
Money to fund fit-out costs
The charity previously said that the crowdfunded money would also cover legal and admin fees, fit out costs and overheads such as staff salaries and day-to-day running costs during the move-in period.
A statement on the crowdfunder website says that money raised above the £85,000 target “will go even further in helping us fit out our new home and exist whilst we do that”.
This fundraising campaign prevents it from going any further into its reserves, and covers the initial expenses associated with moving premises.
The charity has faced a number of hurdles in trying to get a permanent museum location.
It was first in Camden Market before closing for the duration of the pandemic and in 2022, the museum relaunched at a site in Bethnal Green as part of a property guardianship scheme, which it was then evicted from in March.
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