Leadership

Survival of the Funded: Small Museums and Stewardship

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Museum professionals are masters of creative thinking and funding, often establishing collaborative financial relationships. Many museums’ organizational structures include formal partnerships with a parent organization or funding entity that influences the mission, operations, finances, and staff. In this session, hear from colleagues who work with parent organizations such as universities, boards, foundations, and friends groups in governing and sustaining their museums. Learn how to negotiate strong relationships with stewards.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to articulate key components of museum governance and how they impact the organization, its resources, and its staff.
• Define mechanisms within each governance model, their inherent challenges, and successful ways to work with them.
• Participants will be able to identify a variety of museum funding structures and determine methods for successful management of a variety of stakeholder interactions.

Moderator(s)

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  Rebekah Beaulieu

  Director
  Florence Griswold Museum

Panelist(s)

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  Benjamin Futa

  Director
  Allen Centennial Garden
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  James Pearson

  Director
  Southeast Museum of Photography
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  Karen Stone

  Museum Division Manager
  St. Mary's County Government
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  Roy Young, II

  Vice President
  George Washington's Mount Vernon