Arnold A. Saltzman, a museum founder and board member, said benefactors who financed new gardens and buildings to house exhibits would want their money back.

The building initially housed Italian art collected by the museum founder, Samuel Parrish.

Leif Preus (18 February 1928 - 5 May 2013) was a Norwegian photographer and museum founder.

Matt Nahorn is a 2008 graduate of Lake Ridge Academy who has held the title of museum founder and curator since his youth.

Garth Webb, 93, Canadian soldier and museum founder (Juno Beach Centre).

But the Quayle family ended up contributing loads of "stuff," as the museum founders call their mementos.

Ralph Hubbard Norton (1875-1953) was an art collector and museum founder.

Noah Norton was a government agent, museum founder and California Gold Rush pospector.