Museum Assessment Program
Deadline Approaching
The Museum Assessment Program (MAP) helps maintain and improve operations through a confidential, consultative process. They 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.
The program provides technical assistance for four kinds of assessments: (1) collections management; (2) governance; (3) institutional; and (4) public dimension. Assessments are funded on a first-come, first-served basis. Museums may apply for MAP assessments in any sequence. Museums that received a MAP assessment grant on or before September 2002 may apply for a grant to fund participation in that assessment a second time. Application materials can be obtained by contacting the American Association of Museums.
FY 2009 Deadline: February 15, 2009
For more information on the Museum Assessment Program, click here.