The Museum Assessment Program (MAP) helps maintain and improve operations through a confidential, consultative process. We provide guidance in meeting priorities and goals and understanding how your museum compares to standards and best practices. If your museum is facing challenging financial times, participating in MAP can help:
- prioritize goals so you can allocate resources wisely,
- document your needs so that you can make a stronger case to funders,
- provide recommendations on ways to become an even stronger institution.
In less than a year, your museum can complete a self-study, have a site visit by a peer reviewer and begin implementing recommendations.
MAP: A Future of Success
Ann Lawless, director of the Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont talks about the utility of the MAP report her institution received after undergoing a Collections Care assessment – and the results that followed.
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Boston’s Nichols House is a small historic museum, and director Flavia Cigliano reflects on both the small museum expertise demonstrated by her MAP peer reviewer when the museum underwent an institutional assessment, as well as the practical insight she and her board gained from the process.
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Learn more:
About MAP
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2009 MAP Program Participants
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