A Board of Directors is responsible for all aspects of the Museum and will oversee the movement of the holdings to appropriate research museums after the lives of the current curators. Individualized volunteer internship programs during the past few years have proved valuable to both the individuals and the Museum. The programs have ranged from routine museum curatorial duties and cataloging, to independent or collaborative studies. Several of the past interns have gone into quality graduate programs and research positions around the world. The Museum building is presently located in The Settlement on the north end of Cumberland Island.
Access is limited by distances involved and the lack of transportation.
Regardless, many visitors are able to reach the facilities. Researchers may, by prior arrangement, be transported to the Museum for studies. Since there are no telephones nor regular mail service, make arrangements far enough in advance to complete details of a visit at least a week before arrival. We pick up mail only once each week. Collaborative studies with biologists at the Smithsonian Institution, University of Rhode Island, University of California-Berkeley, and Georgia Southern University add to the scientific milieu of the Museum.