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Donate Your Stuff

Retired robots, spare parts, field elements, and the paperwork that explains them. If it helped a student learn how to build, it belongs in the collection.

What we take

Almost anything that was part of a build.

  • Retired competition robots and drive trains
  • Game pieces and field elements
  • Design notebooks, binders, and score sheets
  • CAD files, photos, and match video
  • Team shirts, banners, buttons, and pins
  • Tools that traveled with a team

What we can't take

  • Batteries or anything swollen or leaking
  • Items with active damage to people (sharp, unstable, or contaminated)
  • Software or accounts tied to a team's private data
  • Anything the owner still needs back for competition

How it works

Send the intake form

Tell us what you have and where it is. Photos help, but a description is enough to start.

A curator replies

We confirm whether it fits the collection, then agree on transport, paperwork, and any loan terms.

It gets an entry

Accepted objects are catalogued, photographed, and published as a wiki page credited to your team.

Start a donation

Tell us what you've got.

One form per item or batch. If you're not sure whether something counts, send it anyway. The curator would rather read one extra offer than lose a robot.

Rather talk?

Email hello@firstplace.museum or call (603) 555-0142 during open hours.

Intake form

Takes about 2 minutes

We reply to every offer. Nothing is thrown away while an offer is under review.