"Everything went very well. This is the fourth MAP process that I have been involved in (on the receiving end — three times with another museum) and it is always an excellent and worthwhile experience."
- Tracy Gillespie, Museum of Hounds and Hunting

"The assessment increased the board of directors' level of understanding and knowledge of accepted professional practices in the museum field."
- James Snyder, Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum

"The self-study (completed just 5 months after our strategic plan) was extremely important. Although many aspects of the museum's operations/governance etc. are self-evident, it's important to put them in writing. In addition, having an 'outsider' review it helped tremendously. We discovered where we were 'on the mark' and where we missed."
- Barbara Park Leggett, Explore and More Children's Museum

"This gave us an opportunity to really sit down and evaluate the present situation with our institution — where we had come from, where we are now, and where we are going. It clarified our mission and bolstered our strategic plan."
- Kimberly Bush Tomio, Tyler Museum of Art

"As both a surveyor and a participant, I have found the MAP process to be extremely beneficial to small museums. Most of us cannot afford the large dollar strategic planning processes and MAP allows us to do that in a practical, manageable, small scale way. I have seen MAP results completely reenergize a small institution to accomplish some amazing things that it never thought it could."
- Jim DeMersman, Hayward Area Historical Museum