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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 ...
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]
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.
The gilded bier from the base of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus A pectoral belonging to Tutankhamun, representing his prenomen.. Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun have been held at museums in several countries, notably the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, Canada, Japan, and France.
Mayborn was a well-respected man who had served as a Peabody trustee for seven years. [6] After observing Peabody's financial difficulties, Mayborn offered the school a gift of $1 million to be disbursed over 10 years. [7] As a gesture of appreciation, the college changed the name of the Industrial Arts Building to the Frank W. Mayborn Building.