Board Responsibilities
The effective operation of a museum is based on a well-functioning board that has a strong working relationship with the museum director. The board helps mitigate potential risks by offering balanced objective advice to the director.
The Alliance has compiled this set of board responsibility resources from amongst its own offerings as well as those throughout the nonprofit and museum sector.
Alliance Resources
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is an ongoing effort to build awareness about the importance of board advocacy to advance an organization’s mission. This useful guide provides examples and resources to get the conversation started.
Standards for Museums with Joint Governance
The Alliance shares standards on board structures and processes.
Other Resources
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art developed this quick five-minute video to help explain what a museum board does. The chief counsel for the museum created this visual video to show how the board is responsible for giving, governing and guiding the institution.