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A participating museum may receive benefits that can outweigh a potential reduction in direct admissions fees. Access to reciprocal membership privileges is usually reserved for membership levels higher than a basic membership, and participating museums have found that membership revenues may increase after announcement of a reciprocal program.
The Sue & Frank Mayborn Natural Science and Cultural History Museum Complex (abbreviated as MMC) is a 142,000-square-foot (13,200 m 2) facility that opened in May 2004 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
This is a list of science centers in the United States. American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) member centers are granted institutional benefits and may offer benefits to individuals through purchased or granted individual memberships as well.
The Smithsonian Affiliations program was established in 1996 by Smithsonian Secretary I. Michael Heyman [3] [4] with the approval of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, in response to several challenges the Institution faced at the time: a decrease in federal funding, limited storage space for expanding collections, and the need to make the Institution more reflective of the nation without ...
1961: Museum directory published (4,600 institutions) 1964: Museums included in the National Arts and Cultural Development Act; 1966: National Museum Act passed; 1968: Belmont Report recommends developing an accreditation program to help support museums; 1969: Accreditation program created on the recommendation of a committee chaired by Holman ...
The Museums Association (MA) is a professional membership organisation based in London for museum, gallery and heritage professionals and organisations of the United Kingdom. [2] [3] It also offers international membership. [4]
Historic house, art exhibits, nature tours of its 444 acres (1.80 km 2) DeLand House Museum: DeLand: Volusia Central East Historic house Victoria period house with artifacts, operated by the West Volusia Historical Society, complex includes the Conrad Center: DeLand Memorial Hospital Museum: DeLand: Volusia Central East Multiple
In the decades following the new facility for AMNH, the structure was formalized wherein New York City would provide funds for security and maintenance of the museum's physical property, while a private (generally non profit) organization would develop and maintain the museum's content and programs.