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Meeting Educator Needs, Serving Museums: A model for state museum associations

By Cynthia Sweet and Dr. Heidi Lung

State museum associations have a unique opportunity to serve the museums in their state by bringing them together for common activities. Over the past several years, the Iowa Museum Association (IMA) has brought Iowa’s museums together to …

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