Museums That Have Been Put on the MAP

AAM would like to congratulate the museums that successfully completed one of the Museum Assessment Program's (MAP) four assessments during 2006. These institutions dedicated phenomenal energy and resources to improving their operations, becoming more sustainable and better able to serve their communities. Through a rigorous process of self-study and peer review, the museums took time for introspective examination and welcomed external peer reviewers to provide fresh perspective.

"The process of self-reflection and peer review fostered by the Museum Assessment Program improves museums on every level," said Kim Igoe, AAM's interim president and CEO. "Through MAP, museums are positioned to better serve their communities, reporting clearer focus on mission, an energized staff and board and greater credibility with stakeholders."

The museums listed below chose to participate in one of MAP's four assessment types during 2006. Collections Management Assessment explores how a museum cares for its collection in the context of its overall operation. Governance Assessment leads a museum's governing authority in examining its structure, roles and responsibilities. Institutional Assessment reviews an institution's entire operation, from mission to marketing to financial stability. Lastly, Public Dimension Assessment determines how a museum's community perceives, experiences and is involved with the institution. Visit the MAP homepage for more information, or contact map@aam-us.org or 202/289-9118. AAM's Museum Assessment Program is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Collections Management Assessment
» Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta
» Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, Ky.
» Central Museum of Art and Design, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Okla.
» Denver Firefighters Museum, Denver
» Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, N.Y.
» Haggin Museum, Stockton, Calif.
» Historic Paris-Bourbon County, Hopewell Museum, Paris, Ky.
» Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston
» J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, College Station, Tex.
» Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin
» Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
» Lincoln County Museum of History, Lincolnton, N.C.
» Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
» Manassas Museum System, Manassas, Va.
» Museum At FIT, New York
» Portsmouth Museums/Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth, Va.
» Riversdale House Museum, Riversdale Historical Society, Riverdale, Md.
» San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tex.
» Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Conn.
» Southold Historical Society, Southold, N.Y.
» Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Staten Island, N.Y.
» Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Ind.
» Vestal Museum, Vestal, N.Y.
» Virginia Robinson Gardens, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Governance Assessment
» El Museo del Barrio, New York
» Independence Historical Museum, Independence, Kan.
» Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Miss.
» National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis
» Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Miss.
» Pratt Museum/Homer Society of Natural History, Homer, Alaska
» Prehistoric Museum, College of Eastern Utah, Price, Utah
» Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, Calif.

Institutional Assessment
» The Accokeek Foundation, Accokeek, Md.
» Aviation Museum of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
» Boca Raton Historical Society, Boca Raton, Fla.
» City of Las Vegas Museum and Rough Rider Memorial Collection, Las Vegas, N.Mex.
» Constitution Convention Museum State Park, Port Saint Joe, Fla.
» Dallas County Heritage Society, Inc., Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas
» Dancing Bear Folk Center, Thermopolis, Wyo.
» Danville Science Center, Danville, Va.
» Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio
» De Paul University Art Museum, Chicago
» Dublin Heritage Center, City of Dublin, Dublin, Calif.
» Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society, Edisto Island, S.C.
» Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Mass.
» Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse, N.Y.
» Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum, Essex, Mass.
» Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
» Fauquier County Parks and Recreation, Monroe Park, Goldvein, Va.
» General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, Crawfordsville, Ind.
» Great Explorations, Saint Petersburg, Fla.
» Hanover Tavern Foundation, Hanover, Va.
» Kent Plantation House, Alexandria, La.
» Kingman Museum Inc., Battle Creek, Mich.
» Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
» Lincoln Children's Museum, Lincoln, Neb.
» Lupa Game Farm, Ludlow, Mass.
» Minnetrista, Muncie, Ind.
» Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, Pa.
» Museo de Arte De Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
» Museum at Warm Springs, Warm Springs, Oreg.
» Museum of Yancey County History, Yancey History Association, Burnsville, N.C.
» National Buffalo Museum, North Dakota Buffalo Foundation, Jamestown, N.Dak.
» Neversink Valley Area Museum, Cuddebackville, N.Y.
» New Smyrna Museum of History, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
» Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Ctr., Casper, Wyo.
» Old Courthouse Heritage Museum, Inverness, Fla.
» Peabody Place Museum, Memphis
» Poplar Grove Foundation, Inc., Wilmington, N.C.
» Rice County Museum of History, Faribault, Minn.
» Stars and Stripes Museum/Library Association, Inc., Bloomfield, Mo.
» Suffolk Seaboard Railroad Station Museum, Suffolk, Va.
» Tioga Point Museum, Athens, Pa.
» Wells Fargo History Museum, San Francisco
» Willowbrook Museum Village, Newfield, Maine
» Young at Art Children's Museum, Davie, Fla.

Public Dimension Assessment
» Adirondack History Center, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
» Air Zoo, Portage, Mich.
» Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository, Kodiak, Alaska
» Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson
» Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
» Des Moines Art Center, Edmundson Art Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa
» Detroit Science Center, Detroit
» Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, Cortland, N.Y.
» Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum, Saint Louis, Mo.
» Florida Air Museum at Sun 'n Fun, Lakeland, Fla.
» George W. Brown, Jr. Ojibwe Museum & Cultural Center, Lac Du Flambeau, Wisc.
» Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, Tex.
» Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton, N.J.
» Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello, Idaho
» Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages, Stony Brook, N.Y.
» National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
» National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
» Old Homestead Museum, Cripple Creek, Colo.
» Ontario County Historical Society Museum, Canandaigua, N.Y.
» Pewabic Pottery, Detroit
» Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, Calif.
» San Antonio Children's Museum, San Antonio, Tex.
» South Coast Railroad Museum, Goleta, Calif.
» St. Lucie County Historical Museum, Fort Pierce, Fla.
» Tipton-Haynes Historic Site, Johnson City, Tenn.
» Umatilla County Historical Society Museum, Pendleton, Oreg.
» USS Constellation, Baltimore
» Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisc.