U.S. museums care for over 700 million objects and specimens. OMS provides incentives for museums to make long-term investments, such as conserving collections that do not easily attract private sector funding. OMS levels the playing field. Many museums are located in areas where they are the only cultural resource and where significant private support is simply not available. OMS encourages excellence and leverages state, local, and private funds.
National competition is a catalyst for excellence and improves museum service nationwide.
Federal leadership helps disseminate models and puts a spotlight on the remarkable resources that museums bring to education and to communities across the United States. In addition, peer-reviewed OMS grants assure state, local, and private funders that a museum has met high national standards and is worthy of their additional support. Email Lori Robishaw. All rights reserved. Server space provided through a partnership with Arts Wire and the Center for Arts Management and Technology at Carnegie Mellon University .