About the Kennesaw Museum Foundation

Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Kennesaw Museum Foundation to provide philanthropic and programmatic support to the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History. Founded in 1998, the Kennesaw Museum Foundation identifies the priorities, direction and goals in defining the Museum’s image and objectives.

Led by executive director Jeff Drobney along with president Paul Chastain of Chastain & Association, Kennesaw Museum Foundation membership is open to all who would like to support the Southern Museum and its activities in and around the community.

Foundation Board of Trustees

Annual Reports

2009 Annual Report (4.3 MB PDF)
2008 Annual Report (1.5 MB PDF)
2007 Annual Report (1.3 MB PDF)
2006 Annual Report (3 MB PDF)

Foundation Accomplishments

To fulfill its goals of providing philanthropic and programmatic support of the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, the Kennesaw Museum Foundation has funded the following:

Exhibitions:
Connecting with the Past: Experiences from Johnson’s Island Prisoner of War Depot
Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia (from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service)
These Rare Lands (from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service)
Railroading in the Southeast
A World Apart:150 Years of Railroad at Work
2006 Battle of Kennesaw

Educational Support:
Curriculum materials
Reproduction artifacts for educational use
Living history program support

Facility Support:
Developing and constructing a new Museum Education Center in 2008

Staff

Mr. Jeff Drobney, Executive Director
Kennesaw Museum Foundation

Mrs. Cindy Dadyala, Membership
Kennesaw Museum Foundation

Mrs. Leslie Edge, Administrative Assistant
Kennesaw Museum Foundation