Email I just sent to the Victoria and Albert museum:<\/p>\n
\nThe family went to the V&A today. I didn’t have cash on me, so I didn’t put money in the boxes. “No worries,” I thought, “I’ll donate on the website when I get home, I have my card.” Except I can’t see a way<\/a> to do that.<\/p>\n
I want to give you \u00a320 from my Switch card just as if I came in today and put \u00a320 into the boxes with “suggested donation” on them. I can’t find a quick and easy way to just casually give you money! Do you have one?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I took a few photos, of course, with the insanely-high-ISO F70EXR<\/a> (and next time I want a DSLR with me). I’ll see how they come out. The V&A asks that photos be kept non-commercial except with permission, but they get along very well with Wikipedia, so it’s worth a try.<\/p>\n
Museums: please include a quick, simple and hassle-free “just give us money!” option on your website.<\/p>\n
Update:<\/b> Buried deep in the site they have this<\/a> form to donate online to one particular funding appeal via RBS WorldPay. I’ll wait on their response as to whether there’s a more general method, though.<\/p>\n
Update 2:<\/b> As of 3rd February, no response from the email and no response from their Twitter. I’ll have to assume the V&A has all the money it needs and doesn’t want mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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