With a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, in partnership with Thanksgiving Point, has selected 38 museums from across the United States to participate in the Measurement of Museum Social Impact (MOMSI) study. These museums will study social impact in their communities, helping the Division further refine a social impact survey.
After a competitive application and review process, 38 museums across the country were selected as host museums for this study. The cohort of host museums represent small and large institutions, range in content focus areas from arts to zoos, and represent every region of the US.
Working with the MOMSI team at the Division, each museum will recruit and survey visitors from their communities. The data collected will inform the museums of their individual social impact on their community and will provide validated data about the museum field generally. Working with these host museums, the Division will ultimately develop and publish a social impact toolkit for broad use.
Measurement of Museum Social Impact host museums: Arkansas State University Museum, Atlanta History Center, Bellevue Botanical Garden, Calaboose African American History Museum, Carter County Museum, Chazen Museum of Art at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Conner Prairie, Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Desert Botanical Garden, Florence Griswold Museum, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Gallery One, Glazer Children’s Museum, Greensboro History Museum, Jackson Hole Children’s Museum, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts at Auburn University, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens , Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota Historical Society (Minnesota History Center), Molly Brown House Museum , Montshire Museum of Science, Museum of Science (Boston), National Aquarium, Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Plains Art Museum, Queens Botanical Garden, Rochester Museum and Science Center, San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum, St. Louis Zoo, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, The Morton Arboretum, The Rockwell Museum, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Learn more about the Measurement of Museum Social Impact study here.