A museum spends one year completing the Self-Study Questionnaire and assembling the required supporting documents (more about this step in the process).

The Self-Study process provides the museum:

• An opportunity for overall institutional evaluation and a chance to step back and look at the "big picture"
• An opportunity and stimulus to review and revise policies and strategically plan
• Inclusiveness and improved communications between and among the staff, governing authority, and any parent organization
• A clearer sense of mission and institutional goals and priorities
• A tool for benchmarking the museum against current standards/best practices, and against previous and future operations

Benefits of Peer Review (the site visit)

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