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  Use Films to Spark Public Conversations About Civil Rights

  The National Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, announces the launch of the special initiative, Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle. The project brings together four nationally acclaimed films that connect the stories of the long civil rights movement to spark public conversations about the changing meanings of freedom and equality in U.S. history. ...more »

  The National Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, announces the launch of the special initiative, Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle. The project brings together four nationally acclaimed films that connect the stories of the long civil rights movement to spark public conversations about the changing meanings of freedom and equality in U.S. history. http://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/created-equal-americas-civil-rights-struggle

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  Find New Ways to Partner With Museums, Schools or Organizations

  How can museums find ways to partner with other museums - or connect with schools or organizations in their communities or in other locations? How do you make the connections, and what are the benefits to each party?

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  Documentary on African Veterans of World War II

  Learn about my Kickstarter to raise funds for a new documentary on African veterans of WWII. Please take a minute to visit our page to find out more about the project. We'd like your help to raise funds to tell this important story. Our goal is to produce a feature-length documentary that covers the range of experiences of Africans serving in WWII, including how they were recruited and trained, to the combat they saw ...more »

  Learn about my Kickstarter to raise funds for a new documentary on African veterans of WWII. Please take a minute to visit our page to find out more about the project. We'd like your help to raise funds to tell this important story. Our goal is to produce a feature-length documentary that covers the range of experiences of Africans serving in WWII, including how they were recruited and trained, to the combat they saw and their post-war experiences. As many of these veterans are approaching their nineties, the time to get their stories on film is rapidly fading.

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  Use MAP and CAP to prioritze needs and focus attention on issues

  The Museum Assessment Program (MAP) and the Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) are two different programs that are available to any museum that is seeking ways to prioritize needs and focus attention on critical issues at your museum.

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  Use Technology to Share Collections, Curriculum and Training

  Museums are using technology to share their knowledge outside their own buildings. Some museums are experimenting with distance learning technology to enable classroom teachers to reach into the museum from as far away and as often as like. Other museums are making their collections accessible to researchers by digitization collections and making the images and information available to anyone with internet access. ...more »

  Museums are using technology to share their knowledge outside their own buildings. Some museums are experimenting with distance learning technology to enable classroom teachers to reach into the museum from as far away and as often as like. Other museums are making their collections accessible to researchers by digitization collections and making the images and information available to anyone with internet access. Online conferences and virtual forums are ways to build connections and community.

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  Create a Passion for Ideas and History – One Student at a Time

  How can we create a passion for ideas and history associated with museums and archives? What are the ways that you engage students into the work of your museum? What was your first museum experience like? In a series of blog posts students from South Carolina State University and Florida A&M get their first experience working in museums through internships funded by IMLS and describe how they found a passion for ...more »

  How can we create a passion for ideas and history associated with museums and archives? What are the ways that you engage students into the work of your museum? What was your first museum experience like? In a series of blog posts students from South Carolina State University and Florida A&M get their first experience working in museums through internships funded by IMLS and describe how they found a passion for ideas and history.

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  Invest in People not just Buildings

  Investing in staff makes a big difference when creating new exhibits and opening new buildings. The National Civil Rights Museum is one example of a museum that took the time to ensure that all their staff members felt fully empowered to meet the challenges ahead with knowledge, creativity, and confidence. Read the full blog post here: http://blog.imls.gov/?p=2508

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  Create Networks of Museums to Share Resources and Ideas

  All museums can benefit from sharing resources with each other. The Florida African American Historic Preservation Network is one example of networks of small and medium size museums and historic sites that are working together for professional development and technical assistance.

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  Share Leadership Responsibilities

  Museum directors work intensively and care passionately about their museums. To ensure that the museum thrives and survives beyond them, they need to find ways to share the responsibilities of leadership. The apprentice model allows for sharing and learning to happen at the same time. Also see the blog post by Marion McGee http://blog.imls.gov/?p=2427

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  Help New Employees Learn and Grow on the Job

  New employees face challenges when they start working at museums. Museums need to focus on training and development opportunities for new employees, to help them to learn and grow on the job. Museums spend a lot of time and resources recruiting and hiring new employees - finding ways to keep new employees engaged and productive is a worthwhile investment. Read about how this worked for the Northwest African American ...more »

  New employees face challenges when they start working at museums. Museums need to focus on training and development opportunities for new employees, to help them to learn and grow on the job. Museums spend a lot of time and resources recruiting and hiring new employees - finding ways to keep new employees engaged and productive is a worthwhile investment.

  Read about how this worked for the Northwest African American Museum on their blog post at http://blog.imls.gov/?p=2367

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  Make Museums Sustainable for the Long-term

  New facilities can enable museums to engage communities in new ways, but once these new facilities are open and operating they are often challenging to support and sustain. What are some of ways that museums can incorporate sustainability into long-term planning? What are some of the surprises that wait for museums that are developing newer or larger facilities?

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  Museums and archives need to accomodate new collections

  Museum collections are growing and audiences are changing. How can museums and archives provide space for growing collections and access to the community and researchers? There are many examples of new facilities built - but how do you know what really works. Margaret Walker Center and Jackson State University used IMLS funding to visit examples of facilities and help determine what would be most feasible for their ...more »

  Museum collections are growing and audiences are changing. How can museums and archives provide space for growing collections and access to the community and researchers? There are many examples of new facilities built - but how do you know what really works. Margaret Walker Center and Jackson State University used IMLS funding to visit examples of facilities and help determine what would be most feasible for their own collection and community. See the blog post AAHC Forum: The Sustainability and Growth of the Margaret Walker Center

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  Find ways to make museums and archives part of their communities

  Museums can serve as community anchors, only if they are accessible and welcoming to the community. What are some of the ways museums can be better at connecting with their community? What are some of the physical barriers, transportation issues, and/or design challenges that museums need to work towards overcoming? See the blog post AAHC Forum: The Sustainability and Growth of the Margaret Walker Center

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  Connect HBCU students with African American Museums

  It's difficult for some African American museums to recruit qualified staff. Likewise it's difficult for students at HBCUs to connect with opportunities at museums. Are there ways to better connect these two?

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  Create opportunties to connect with younger audiences

  Hire college students or recent grads and give them the opporutnity to create exhibitions and programs that can connect with younger audiences.

  Also see the blog post by MoCADA curatorial fellows http://blog.imls.gov/?p=2036

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  Create Fellowships for Recent Grads

  Creating fellowships enables recent grads to work in museums, gain experience, and contribute their own perspective to exhibits and programs. These paid positions are important entry points for new museum professionals.

  Also see the blog post by MoCADA curatorial fellows http://blog.imls.gov/?p=2036

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