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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 ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums, translated into 39 languages and revised in 2004, [8] establishes values and principles shared by ICOM and the international museum community. These standards of self-regulation by museums include basic principles for museum governance, the acquisition and disposal of collections, and rules for professional ...
An inventory is an itemized list of objects that a museum has accessioned or received via loan(s) and must be physically located by an examiner. A complete, one-hundred percent inventory, or a random inventory of the collection should be carried out periodically to ensure the museum is operating under best practices and for security purposes. [1]
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The Museum Card, issued by the Dutch Museum Association, is intended to encourage repeat visits to museums and foster a stronger connection between museums and their patrons. The Museum Card Foundation (SMK) is responsible for managing the card, coordinating the annual Museum Weekend event, and assisting with the promotion of affiliated museums.