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Independent cultural sponsorship

Fund the questions, not the answers.

Support one public trail through art history. Meta Museum follows the evidence, labels interpretation, preserves uncertainty, and gives the sponsor a restrained credit—not editorial control.

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Introductory fixed scope

USD 1,500

Subject to fit review and a signed scope. No payment is taken on this page.

Public series
3 stories + 1 connected landing page
Editorial control
Meta Museum only
Current proof
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Rough Waves by Ogata Kōrin
Ogata Kōrin, Rough Waves, ca. 1704–9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain / Open Access image. Open the museum record.

Visible, restrained placement

Your credit, shown without surveillance.

A plain “Supported by” line appears on the series landing page and its three stories. It is visually separate from the artwork record and editorial text. Sponsor links carry no behavioral tracking, and no reader data is transferred.

The rule: sponsorship pays for the work of asking and documenting. It does not purchase an answer, endorsement, audience, or right to use the artwork image.

See a live source-backed story →See a connected public series →

One bounded commission

What USD 1,500 funds

The introductory scope covers a small, inspectable publication—not an open-ended campaign.

  • Three source-backed public storiesEach follows a documented clue and distinguishes museum fact from editorial interpretation.
  • One connected series pageA clear reading path binds the stories without pretending every comparison proves influence.
  • Source, image-rights, and correction reviewMuseum links, reuse language, uncertainty, and a correction path remain visible.
  • One closing evidence summaryEligible consented usage is reported with sample size, missing data, and limits.

Evidence after publication

What arrives after the series

Measurement delivered

Eligible consented sessions, story opens, 25/50/90% completion, saves, shares, and learning responses when collected—with denominators and limitations.

No performance theater

The offer does not guarantee traffic, leads, exclusivity, favorable coverage, or demand. A small sample or zero activity is reported as such.

Who is eligible

A visible editorial firewall.

Organizations must be compatible with public scholarship, museum access, and rights-aware cultural work. Meta Museum may decline conflicts of interest or incompatible products.

A sponsor may

  • Agree the broad theme, schedule, approved credit, and destination link.
  • Receive the published series and bounded evidence summary.

A sponsor may not

  • Sponsors cannot select conclusions, suppress uncertainty, review unpublished findings, or place tracking pixels.
  • The offer does not guarantee traffic, leads, exclusivity, artwork-image rights, or favorable coverage.
  • Place tracking pixels, receive reader data, or present the credit as a museum or Meta Museum endorsement.

Inquiry privacy

Start with fit, not a sales funnel.

Send the organization, the public-interest theme, and why this format fits. Meta Museum retains only what is needed to respond, scope, contract, invoice, and meet legal obligations. A page visit or click is not counted as an inquiry.

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