Federal funding for museums and cultural institutions continues to be under threat, and this is a moment to act together.

As part of AAM’s ongoing advocacy to protect and strengthen funding across agencies and programs, we’re launching a national community letter to Congressional leadership calling for continued investment in museums. 

We urge museums of all types, associations, and companies who value and engage with museums to sign on. Whether you are part of the field or benefit from it, your organizational voice helps show the broad, nationwide support for museums and the essential role they play in our communities. This letter is NOT for individuals to sign.

Please only fill out the form if you have approval or authority to sign your organization on. Deadline to sign on is April 30, 2026.

If you have questions about the community letter, please contact governmentrelations [at] aam-us.org. View the current list of signers

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Letter:

Dear Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries, 

We, the undersigned XX museums, organizations, and associations urge you to support Fiscal Year 2027 federal funding for programs and agencies that help America’s museums serve their communities. We thank you for the growing bipartisan congressional support they have received in recent years

During the U.S. 250^th anniversary, we urge Congress to continue to fund these institutions and programs that support museums in their mission to educate the public, strengthen America’s leadership position in STEM education and innovation, showcase our culture, engage Americans with their shared history, and pave the way for another 250 years. As new initiatives and funding priorities coalesce and emerge, we ask Congress to ensure museums are eligible for support.

The March 2026 GAO Report reinforces the need to continue funding and the great need to increase federal funding to support museum infrastructure to secure our cultural heritage. Nearly 85% of museums have a backlog of maintenance and repair needs, and 77% believe that this backlog could damage collections. These findings emphasize the risk to collections caused by deferred maintenance and repairs and the lack of federal funding currently available to support these critically needed projects. Continued funding and policy support will strengthen museums as vital infrastructure and ensure further support for our shared heritage.

We urge Congress to:

• Support the Office of Museum Services (OMS) at Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) with at least $55 million. IMLS is the only agency solely focused on supporting museums that serve communities across the country and is a key funder of America’s 250th birthday celebrations.
• Install appropriate guardrails to ensure funding is spent as Congress intended, and that IMLS remains an independent agency.
• Fund for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) at $213 million each. These agencies provide funding for the care of museum art and other cultural collections, and exhibitions and programs that share the rich cultural heritage of our country with the public.
• Support $250 million for the Historic Preservation Fund, which provides critical grant funding to help museums steward National Register–listed properties, preserve and interpret their collections, and ensure a more complete American story is told and passed on to future generations.
• Support the dedicated National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) programs that fund STEM learning and talent development delivered by museums, science centers, natural history museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, and more.
  •  NSF – Directorate for STEM Education: $1.172 billion
  •  NASA – Office of STEM Engagement: $143 million
  •  NOAA – Office of Education: $35 million

Museums help people of all ages learn and feel inspired. Americans understand the educational value of museums.

• 92% of Americans understand museums are non-partisan providers of educational content and 95% know that museums are educational assets for their communities.
• Museums spend 75% of their education budget on K-12 programs and welcome approximately 55 million visits each year from students – public, private and homeschool.

Museums fuel economic development and strengthen communities, cities, and regions. It’s no surprise that rankings of America’s best cities put so much emphasis on cultural assets like museums.

• IMLS makes up only 0.0046% of the overall federal budget, while museums, in turn, generate $50 billion in economic benefits to the national economy and support more than 726,000 jobs.
• Museums generate over $12 billion in tax revenue and have been credited in some areas with leading economic rejuvenation.
• Museums play a pivotal role in developing the workforce by creating entry-level positions, apprenticeship programs, and afterschool youth programs that serve as ramps into the workforce.

Most importantly, support for museums is important to the American people.

• 91% of Americans would approve of lawmakers who support museums
• 96% of Americans want to maintain or increase federal funding for museums

Continued funding and policy support will ensure museums remain accessible, innovative, and impactful for all Americans. Every state is home to museums that explore nature, science, history, culture, and art, yet their full impact is often overlooked. Americans strongly support museums, and with that public support, we encourage lawmakers to invest in these vital institutions.

As you make decisions about the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, we urge you to support agencies and programs that help museums make a difference in their communities and our nation.

Sincerely,

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Current List of Signers as of 4/9/26

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Alliance of Museums
American Anthropological Association
American Association for State and Local History
American Institute for Conservation
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Public Gardens Association
Architects Foundation
Association for Public Art
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
Association of Art Museum Directors
Association of Children’s Museums
Association of Nature Center Administrators
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Association of Science Museum Directors
Association of Zoos & Aquariums
Association on American Indian Affairs
Climate Heritage Network
Museum Hue
Museum Travel Alliance
Natural Science Collections Alliance
Paleontological Society
PEN America
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
The Coalition of State Museum Associations
US Cultural & Heritage Marketing Council

REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Association of Midwest Museums
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
New England Foundation for the Arts
New England Museum Association
Southeastern Museums Conference
Western Museums Association

ALABAMA

ALASKA
Museums Alaska
Alaska Children’s Museum, Anchorage
Fairbanks Children’s Museum, Fairbanks
Ilanka Cultural Center, Cordova
Kodiak Historical Society, Kodiak
Pratt Museum, Homer
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, Valdez

ARIZONA
Museum Association of Arizona
Old Trails Museum/Winslow Historical Society, Winslow
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix
Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix
Sedona Heritage Museum, Sedona

ARKANSAS
Logan County Museum, Paris
Nevada County Depot and Museum, Prescott
Scott Family Amazeum, Bentonville
Windgate Museum of Art, Conway

CALIFORNIA
Alta District Historical Society, Dinuba
Angels Flight Railway Foundation, Los Angeles
Atthowe Fine Art Services, Oakland
B Bryan Preserve, Point Arena
Bay Area Art Conservation Guild, Petaluma
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
CACHE, Exeter
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
Center for Near Eastern Archaeology at La Sierra University, Riverside
Chu-Gooding Architects Interiors Exhibition Design, Los Angeles
Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks
Curiodyssey, San Mateo
Daly City History Guild Museum & Archive, Daly City
Exploratorium, San Francisco
ExposeYourMuseum LLC, San Marcos
Gilroy Historical Society & Gilroy Museum, Gilroy
Habitot Children’s Museum, Berkeley
History San Jose, San Jose
Humboldt Arts Council/Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos
Mariposa Habitat Nursery, Santa Rosa
Mingei International Museum, San Diego
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, Santa Barbara
Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco
Museum of Riverside, Riverside
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
Pence Gallery, Davis
Peopleologie, San Carlos
Pretend City Children’s Museum, Irvine
Sacramento History Museum, Sacramento
Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, Sacramento
San Benito County Historical Society, Hollister
San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, San Diego
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, Capitola
Save Our Heritage Organisation, SOHO, San Diego
Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka
Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, Sacramento
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert
The Olfactory Contractor Inc., Twentynine Palms
The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
The Tech Interactive, San Jose
Urban Insight, Los Angeles
USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum, Alameda

COLORADO
Bernstein & Associates NAGPRA Consultants, Denver
Carolynne Harris Consulting, LLC, Denver
Collections Research for Museums, Inc., Denver
Molly Brown House Museum, Denver
Museo de las Americas, Denver
Museum of Natural History, Boulder
Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs

CONNECTICUT
Connecticut League of Museums
CT Humanities
Akomawt Educational Initiative, Mashantucket
EverWonder Children’s Museum, Newtown
Historic Rowayton, Norwalk

DELAWARE
Delaware Historical Society
Delaware Zoological Society
Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science, Wilmington
Rockwood Park & Museum, Wilmington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Every Museum a Civic Museum, LLC
Fund for Education Abroad
Washington Walks

FLORIDA
Florida Association of Museums
ark nonprofit consulting, Boynton Beach
Art of Museums, LLC, Wilton Manors
Avon Park Air Force Range, Avon Park
Bealsville Inc., Plant City
Blanchard House Museum of African American History and Culture of Charlotte County, Punta Gorda
Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Sanford
Clum Consulting, Boca Raton
Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, Gainesville
Emerald Coast Science Center, Fort Walton Beach
Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, Quincy
Heritage Association of Highlands County, Lorida
Howard Thurman Historic Home, Daytona Beach
John Gilmore Riley Foundation Inc., Tallahassee
John Ringling Museum of Art and Circus Museums, Sarasota
Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, St. Augustine
Lubee Bat Conservancy, Gainesville
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Miami
Sebring Historical Society, Inc., Sebring
The Historical Society of Avon Park, Avon Park
Toby’s American Clown Museum & School, Lake Placid

GEORGIA
Art Papers, Atlanta
Chipley Historical Center, Pine Mountain
Getting Attention, Atlanta
Mountain Top Vision, Atlanta
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), Atlanta
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, Savannah
The Patch Works Art & History Center, Atlanta

HAWAII
Laupahoehoe Train Museum, Laupahoehoe
Lyman House Memorial Museum, Hilo

IDAHO
Idaho Association of Museums
Boise Art Museum, Boise
Foundation for Idaho History, Boise
Latah County Historical Society, Moscow
The Community Library: Wood River Museum of History + Culture, Ketchum

ILLINOIS
Illinois State Historical Society
Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Brookfield
Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago
Elgin History Museum, Elgin
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst
Flagg Township Museum, Rochelle
Freeport Art Museum, Freeport
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Chicago
Hong Kong XR Museum, Chicago
Illinois Aviation Museum, Bolingbrook
Illinois Black History Museum, Hazel Crest
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Chicago
John G Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington
National Museum of African Americans on Stamps, Edwardsville
One Lawndale Children’s Discovery Center, Chicago
Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum, Ottawa
Peoria Zoo, Peoria
RhodesWorks Ltd., Champaign
St. Clair County Historical Society, Belleville
TheiaMuse, Chicago

INDIANA
Anderson Museum of Art, Anderson
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville
Great American Songbook Foundation, Carmel
Historic Madison, Inc., Madison
Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend
WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology, Bloomington

IOWA
Iowa Museum Association
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids
Family Museum, Bettendorf
McCullough Creative, Inc., Dubuque
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, Knoxville
Putnam Museum & Science Center, Davenport
The Haan Museum of Indiana Art, Lafayette

KANSAS
Kansas Museums Association
Hillsboro Museums, Hillsboro
KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville
Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita

KENTUCKY
Kentucky Guild of Artist and Craftsmen
Art Center of the Bluegrass, Inc., Danville
Be the Shine Inc., Covington
Filson Historical Society, Louisville
Frazier Kentucky History Museum, Louisville
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, Louisville
Kentucky Science Center, Louisville
Roots 101 African American Museum, Louisville
The Dot Experience, Louisville
The Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington

LOUISIANA
Louisiana Archives and Manuscript Association
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria
Downtown FabWorks, New Orleans
Greater New Orleans Archivists, New Orleans
Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses, New Orleans
Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport
Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Sci-Port Discovery Center, Shreveport

MAINE
Cultural Alliance of Maine
Maine Archives & Museums
Maine Humanities
Maine Library Association
Acadian Archives, Fort Kent
Atlantic Black Box, Portland
Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk
Castine Historical Society, Castine
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville
Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit, Wells
L.C. Bates Museum of Natural History and Culture, Hinckley
Maine Discovery Museum, Bangor
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel
Peaks Island Historical Society, Peaks Island, Portland
Pejepscot History Center, Brunswick
SPACE Gallery, Portland
Tate House Museum, Portland
The Friends of Westport Island History, Westport Island
The Rufus Porter Museum of Art & Ingenuity, Bridgton
Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport
Umbrella Cover Museum, Portland

MARYLAND
Baltimore Streetcar Museum, Baltimore
Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum / Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Chesapeake Children’s Museum, Annapolis
Culture-Link Communications LLC, Frederick
Furnace Town Foundation Inc., Snow Hill
History Associates Incorporated, Rockville
MUSEUM & LIBRARY FURNITURE, L.L.C., Bethesda
MuseumSenses LLC, Baltimore
National Aquarium, Baltimore
National Capital Radio and Television Museum, Bowie
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown

MASSACHUSETTS
ALK Consulting, Worcester
Boston Children’s Museum, Boston
Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford
Cape Cod Maritime Museum, Inc, Hyannis
expLoring exhibits & engagement, LLC, Worchester
FableVision Studios, Boston
Forbes House Museum, Milton
Hammond Museum, Inc, Gloucester
Historic Beverly, Beverly
Historic New England, Haverhill
Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst
Inform Evaluation & Research, Inc., Amherst
Mass MoCA, North Adams
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge
Museum of Science, Boston
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (NSCDA-MA)
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
Panoptic Design/Build, West Springfield
Plimoth Patuxet Museum, Plymouth
Polish Center of Discovery & Learning, Chicopee
Rockport Cultural Council, Rockport
Scituate Historical Society, Scituate
Seed Education Consulting, Boston
The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, New Bedford
Yiddish Book Center, Amherst

MICHIGAN
Michigan Museums Association
Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Center, Portage
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and Leslie Science & Nature Center, Ann Arbor
Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center, Marquette
Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit
Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing
Ferris State University – Fine Art Gallery & Card/Riley Conservation and Wildlife Education Center, Big Rapids
Flint Institute of Science and History, Flint
Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Detroit
Holland Museum, Holland
John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo
Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph
Leelanau Historical Society, Leland
Starling Data Studio LLC, Detroit
Troy Historic Village, Troy

MINNESOTA
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis
An American Songline®, Crystal
Bell Museum, Saint Paul
Blue Scarf Consulting LLC, Eden Prairie
culturenut, LLC, Farmington
Exhibits Development Group, Farmington
Rochester Art Center, Rochester
The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis
The Compassion Museum, Minneapolis
The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

MISSISSIPPI
INFINITY Science Center, Pearlington
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Gulfport

MISSOURI
Chatillon-DeMenil House Foundation, St. Louis
Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium, Kansas City
Pony Express Museum, Inc., Saint Joseph

MONTANA
Montana Art Gallery Directors Association
Carter County Museum, Ekalaka
Yellowstone County Museum, Billings

NEBRASKA
Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln
Hastings Museum, Hastings
Kiewit Luminarium, Omaha
Lincoln Children’s Museum, Lincoln
Verdis Group, LLC, Omaha

NEVADA
Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas
The Discovery, Reno

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Castle Preservation Society, Moultonborough
Portsmouth Historical Society, Portsmouth

NEW JERSEY
Black Inventors Hall of Fame, Wharton
Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, Mantua
Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant Beach
Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton
Museum Partners Consulting, LLC, Maplewood
Museum Search & Reference, LLC, Manchester
Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art, Glassboro

NEW MEXICO
Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos
Explora, Albuquerque
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe
SITE SANTA FE, Santa Fe

NEW YORK
Acoustiguide Incorporated, New York
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn
Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo
Clinton Brown Company Architecture pc, Buffalo
Dunham Public Library, Whitesboro
Eriksen Translations Inc., Brooklyn
Explore & More-The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum, Buffalo
Fractured Atlas, New York
Gilroy Architects, Carmel
Greater Hudson Heritage Network, Elmsford
Howes Studio Inc., Beacon
International Center of Photography, New York
Local Projects, New York
Long Island Children’s Museum, Garden City
Louis Armstrong House Museum, New York
Maureen Fleming Dance Foundation Inc., NYC
MediaCombo, Inc, Brooklyn
Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum, Poughkeepsie
Mohawk Valley Library System, Schenectady
New Castle Historical Society, New Castle
New Yorkers for Culture & Arts, New York
North Country Children’s Museum, Potsdam
policyLiam Justice & Democracy, Mount Vernon
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University, Canton
Roberson Museum, Binghamton
Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC), Rochester
Sciencenter, Ithaca
St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture, Canton
Staten Island Children’s Museum, Staten Island
The Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo
The Children’s Museum at Saratoga, Saratoga Springs
The History Center in Tompkins County, Ithaca
The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Long Island City
The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester
Utica Children’s Museum, Utica
WonderWay.ai, New York
Woodman Residency Foundation, New York City
World Awareness Children’s Museum, Glens Falls

NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Museums Council
Beth Nevarez Historical Consulting, Wilson
Charlotte Museum of History, Charlotte
Discovery Place, Inc., Charlotte
Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
Museum of Life and Science, Durham
North Carolina Children’s Museum, Chapel Hill
R&L Consulting, Arden
Relative Scale, LLC, Raleigh

NORTH DAKOTA
Magic City Discovery Center, Minot
North Dakota’s Gateway to Science, Bismarck

OHIO
Ohio Museums Association
Art Sentry, Cleveland
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati
Dayton Society of Natural History, Dayton
Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus
James A. Garfield Civil War Round Table, Bedford
McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton
Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin
Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton
Richard M Ross Art Museum, Delaware
Stewards of Historical Preservation, Akron
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati
The Lillian E. Jones Museum, Jackson

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Museums Association
Greenwood Cultural Center, Tulsa
Narrative Structure, Tulsa
Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Oklahoma City
Pawnee County (Oklahoma) Historical Society, Pawnee
Railroad Museum of Oklahoma, Enid

OREGON
Oregon Museums Association
Achieving Access Museum Access Consulting, Portland
Children’s Museum of Central Oregon, Bend
High Desert Museum, Bend
Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton
Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland
Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport
Ponderosa Discovery LLC, Bend
Portland Art Museum, Portland

PENNSYLVANIA
PA Museums
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown
Arts & Education at the Hoyt, New Castle
Carnegie Museums, Pittsburgh
Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Da Vinci Science Center, Allentown
expERIEnce Children’s Museum, Erie
Historical Society of Tacony, Philadelphia
JJ Mummert & Associates, New Oxford
Latrobe Art Center, Latrobe
Luzerne County Historical Society, Wilkes Barre
Neighborhood North Museum of Play, Beaver Falls
Omnidirectional Consulting, West Chester
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Pittsburgh
Presque Isle Light Station, Erie
Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka, Pittsburgh
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

RHODE ISLAND
AAPI History Museum /Cultural Society (CSEBRI), Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA
Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island
Center for Creative Partnerships, Orangeburg
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
The Laurens County Museum, Laurens

SOUTH DAKOTA
Children’s Museum of South Dakota, Brookings

TENNESSEE
Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville
M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Art, Memphis
Metal Museum, Memphis
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, Chattanooga

TEXAS
Texas Association of Museums
Badge Of Pride, Dallas
Barrio Pop Studio, Austin
Children’s Museum of Brownsville, Brownsville
Chinati Foundation, Marfa
Conservation Arts Group, Dallas
Depot Museum, Henderson
Fort Bend History Association, Richmond
Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth
Frontier Times Museum, Bandera
Hotchkiss Law Firm, PLLC, Dallas
International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen
Machine-Built Architecture Conservancy, Dallas
San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, San Antonio
The Health Museum, Houston

UTAH
Utah Museums Association
Bellemont Partners, LLC, Park City
Hutchings Museum, Lehi
Moab Museum, Moab
Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City
Park City Historical Society, Park City
Process Curiosity LLC, Salt Lake City
The Gale Museum, South Jordan
The Wieler Family Foundation, Park City
Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City

VERMONT
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury
Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village, Brownington

VIRGINIA
Agecroft Hall & Gardens, Richmond
Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives, Richmond
Birthplace of Country Music, Bristol
Capitol Museum Services, Manassas
Daura Museum of Art, Lynchburg
Heirloom Care LLC, Richmond
Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc., Fredericksburg
Humanitru, Richmond
Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News
Newtown History Center of the Stone House Foundation, Stephens City
SPIRITS Museum, Lovingston
The Costume & Textile Specialists, Richmond
Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville
Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, Norfolk

WASHINGTON
ACRES LLC, Arlington
Environment & Culture Partners, Tacoma
History98520/Friends of the Aberdeen Museum, Aberdeen
Index-Pickett Historical Museum, Index
Island County Historical Society Museum, Coupeville
Meeker Mansion Museum, Puyallup
Minotaur Mazes, Seattle
Mobius Discovery Center, Spokane
Seattle Aquarium, Seattle
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, Spokane Valley
The Southwest Spokane County Historical Society, Cheney
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

WEST VIRGINIA
Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., Arthurdale
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, Matewan

WISCONSIN
Cable Natural History Museum, Cable
In Its Right Place, Milwaukee
LCO Tribal Museum, Hayward
Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit
Madison Childrens Museum, Madison
Milwaukee County Historical Society, Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
Racine Zoo, Racine

WYOMING
Laramie Peak Museum, Wheatland
Meeteetse Museum District, Meeteetse
The Science Zone Inc, Casper
Washakie Museum and Cultural Center, Worland