Museums aspire to educate, inspire, and enlighten. They are places for museum professionals and members of the public to build community and nurture creativity. Museums can also be places to address the issues that face our society today: inequality, polarizing politics, the climate crisis, and a seemingly omnipresent sense of division and outrage. This year’s
Read moreThe program provides small and mid-sized museums with support for a general conservation assessment, a study of all the institution’s collections, buildings, and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care. Participants who complete the program receive an assessment report with prioritized recommendations to improve collections care. Learn more at www.culturalheritage.org/cap
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is excited to announce two recipients for this year’s Building Museums™ Symposium’s Buildy Award: The MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture in Baltimore, Maryland. The Buildy Award recognizes both museums for their leadership and exemplary accomplishment through the planning, construction, and
Read morePlease share your experiences about children’s use of online digital media like videos and games as well as how online museum programs fit into children’s media use. It takes about 10 minutes to complete, and your responses will help museums across the country design better experiences that support children’s growth and development. This survey is
Read moreThe Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2024 Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program with a deadline of February 28, 2024. Participating institutions receive support for a general conservation assessment from a qualified collection and building assessor. The assessment is a study of all the institution’s collections, buildings,
Read moreThe American Association for State and Local History presents a virtual summit that will celebrate the creativity and resourcefulness of small museums through the lens of resiliency. What have we learned about small museums responding to global change that can inspire the field? How can the challenges of operating a small museum also make it
Read moreOctober 25, 2023 1:00-4:30 PM EDT How can museum practitioners leverage the most traditional form of galleryinterpretation—labels and text—to connect meaningfully with twenty-first centuryaudiences? At this virtual convening hosted by SAAM, pairs of curators andinterpretation specialists from Denver Art Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Corning Museum of Glass, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and SmithsonianAmerican Art
Read moreCheyney McKnight is Manager of Living History at New-York Historical Society, where she develops and runs Living History Programs. McKnight is also owner of Not Your Momma’s History, a public history consulting business that aids museums and historical sites in talking about the African experience within 18th and 19th century America. Not Your Momma’s History
Read morePart 1 Application Deadline: August 3, 2023 Our Town is the NEA’s creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, the program supports activities that integrate arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Our Town projects engage a wide range of local stakeholders in efforts to advance local economic,
Read moreThe National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) State & Regional Partnership Agreement grants are awarded to the nation’s 56 state and jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs), and the six regional arts organizations (RAOs) whose members comprise SAAs. Partnership support is also available to the national service organization for the state arts agencies. Partnership Agreement grant support enables SAAs and RAOs
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