Abstract:
This research aims to study the contexts of museum fundraising that reflect good men, goodness and good deed, to analyze the cultural capitals from museum fundraising, and to operate, summarize and propose the future planning of museum fundraising. Grounded theory used as an analyzing concept in this research. The grounded results of museum fundraising were compared with the concepts of the Economy of Symbolic Goods and the Consumption of sign to criticize museum fundraising activities as academic services, international excursion, museum shop and volunteer activities. Researcher recognizes that good men are people who interest, understand and approach cultural diversity. They are 3 differentiations, advantage taker, matcher and giver. Goodness is a feeling of self-dedication for social benefit without expecting any return but happiness. Good deed is an action of providing knowledge, understanding and empathy. Cultural capitals in museum fundraising consist of currency capital, social capital, knowledge capital, skill capital and value capital. These capitals exhibit the circle of exchange that can activate giver and receiver roles between museum and participants. To conclude the museum fundraising is creation of societal good deed platform for different people but never for people differentiation. The museum as a cultural entrepreneur has to consider people values and lifestyles to create products and services that are compatible with those of people, for instance, creating products and services that represent people values and lifestyles, mutual benefit among stakeholders and knowledge appliance for public.