BAR HARBOR — The Abbe Museum is racing to raise $50,000 before a Dec. 31 deadline.
The organization has reached the halfway mark in raising $100,000 that will the museum to become eligible for an additional $50,000 donation.
If the year-end challenge is met, the resulting $150,000 will be applied to the museum’s $4.6 million capital campaign for a year-round museum building downtown.
The Abbe needs to reach the 80 percent mark, or $3.68 million, in order to break ground for the building. So far, the museum has raised $3.3 million.
The project will include renovation of the century-old structure that formerly housed the YMCA and construction of additions to the building.
Contributions to the capital campaign may be mailed to the Abbe Museum, P.O. Box 286, Bar Harbor 04609.
For information, call the Abbe Museum at 288-3519. The museum’s e-mail address is abbe@midmaine.com and its Web site is www.abbemuseum.org.
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