Maryhill Museum of Art, a fine art museum located near Goldendale, WA in the east Columbia Gorge, is currently recruiting Trustees for its 2025-26 term. Our mission is to ignite a journey of educational enrichment in the Columbia River Gorge by preserving and interpreting art and historic collections. We expose a wide array of visitors to diverse artistic expressions, preserving them for present and future generations. As a collecting museum, we acquire new items of requisite quality and appropriate subject matter—art, artifacts, and archival materials—that support our mission and build on our collection strengths.
Role of Trustees at Maryhill Museum of Art
The roles of the Board of Trustees are to establish mission and direction; ensure the necessary resources of funds to implement the mission; provide strategic and fiduciary stewardship, as well as support and oversight of the executive director; and ensure that the museum is managed in a sustainable and equitable manner. All Trustees must have primary residence in Washington or Oregon.
Each Board term lasts 36 months. The start of the 2025-26 term is June 7, 2025. Trustees are encouraged to:
- attend and actively participate in our six (6) board meetings per year (held in person, remotely, or hybrid) and participate in one or more committees
- promote and attend museum events and fundraising events
- share professional expertise and skills in areas that benefit the museum
- maintain annual membership at the Sponsor level or above
- engage in 100% board giving by making a philanthropic commitment at a level personally significant to each trustee
- participate in solicitation and acknowledgment efforts
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Maryhill Museum of Art believes that a rewarding board experience provides benefit to the museum and the individual serving on the board. The museum is committed to equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in all our programs, initiatives, and decision-making processes, and values the time, talent and expertise spent volunteering as a board and committee member. We welcome trustees in every life-stage and from all backgrounds. We want our leadership to reflect the populations we serve and encourage individuals representing populations that are underrepresented to submit their nomination.
Most needed skills and characteristics
For the 2025-26 term, we encourage applications from individuals possessing these skills and characteristics:
- Experienced skills in marketing, fundraising, finance, museum curatorial/collections work, infrastructure, legal, and/or land use
- Strong K-12 educational relationships in The Dalles/Hood River
- Strong local and/or regional business relationships
- Previous experience in board leadership roles in other organizations
- Connected to mid ($5-10K) to upper ($10-25+K) level donors/funders
How to Apply
To apply or to recommend an individual, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/H1G6MssmsD
A member of the museum’s Governance Committee will reach out to the applicant. Submissions must be sent by March 15, 2025 to be considered.