State museum associations and allied organizations are first-class resource hubs on Museum Passport. Listings are free, and every organization can claim its own page.
Statewide museum association serving Alabama's museums.
Official siteThe national membership organization for museums and museum professionals, known for accreditation, standards and advocacy.
Official siteNational association serving history museums, historic sites and local history organizations.
Official siteNational membership organization for conservation professionals caring for cultural heritage.
Official siteAssociation serving public gardens, arboreta and botanical institutions.
Official siteAssociation for living history sites, historic farms and agricultural museums.
Official siteMembership organization of directors of major art museums in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Official siteThe world association for children's museums and the professionals who lead them.
Official siteRegional museum association serving museums across the Midwestern states.
Official siteMembership organization for science centers, science museums and related institutions.
Official siteAccrediting body and membership organization for zoos and aquariums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving California's museums.
Official siteRegional association serving museums in Colorado and Wyoming.
Official siteThe state humanities council for Connecticut, funding and supporting cultural and humanities programming statewide.
Official siteStatewide network supporting Connecticut history museums, historical societies and heritage organizations.
Official siteConnecticut's state arts agency, housed within the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Official siteStatewide preservation organization working to protect Connecticut's historic places.
Official siteThe destination marketing organization for Newport and Bristol counties.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Florida's museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Georgia's museums and galleries.
Official siteRegional service organization for history and heritage organizations in New York State.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Hawai'i's museums and cultural institutions.
Official siteRegional preservation organization stewarding dozens of historic house museums and landscapes across New England.
Official siteThe state humanities council for New York, supporting public humanities work statewide.
Official siteThe primary federal source of support for the nation's libraries and museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Kansas's museums.
Official siteStatewide organization serving Maine's museums, archives and historical societies.
Official siteMaryland's State Historic Preservation Office, part of the Department of Planning.
Official siteThe state humanities council for Maryland, supporting public humanities programs statewide.
Official siteMaryland's state arts agency, funding arts and cultural organizations across the state.
Official siteThe state agency supporting the arts, humanities and sciences in Massachusetts.
Official siteThe state humanities council for Massachusetts, supporting public humanities programs across the Commonwealth.
Official siteThe State Historic Preservation Office for Massachusetts, administering preservation programs and the state register.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Michigan's museums.
Official siteRegional museum association serving the Mid-Atlantic states, including Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Official siteRegional museum association serving the Mountain and Plains states.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Arizona's museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association supporting New York's museums with training, advocacy and grant programs.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Alaska's museums and cultural centers.
Official siteRegional museum association serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving New Jersey's museums.
Official siteNew York's state arts agency, one of the largest public funders of the arts in the United States.
Official siteState agency operating New York's state parks and historic sites and housing the State Historic Preservation Office.
Official siteFounded by Doris Duke, the foundation preserves Newport's colonial architecture and operates Rough Point, Whitehorne House and Prescott Farm.
Official siteStatewide council serving North Carolina's museums and museum professionals.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Ohio's museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Oklahoma's museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Oregon's museums.
Official siteThe state humanities council for Pennsylvania, using the humanities to strengthen communities.
Official siteStatewide association of Pennsylvania museums and historical organizations.
Official sitePennsylvania's state arts agency, supporting arts and culture across the Commonwealth.
Official siteThe Commonwealth's official history agency, operating the Pennsylvania Trails of History sites and the State Historic Preservation Office.
Official siteStatewide preservation advocate for New York's historic buildings, districts and landscapes.
Official siteStatewide nonprofit dedicated to preserving Maryland's historic buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes.
Official siteStatewide private nonprofit dedicated to protecting Pennsylvania's historic places.
Official siteNonprofit steward of eleven historic properties in Newport County, including several Gilded Age estates.
Official siteAdvocacy organization working to preserve Providence's historic buildings and neighborhoods.
Official siteOrganization documenting and interpreting the history of Black Rhode Islanders.
Official siteThe state humanities council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, funding public humanities work across Rhode Island.
Official siteThe State Historic Preservation Office for Rhode Island, administering preservation programs and the state survey of historic places.
Official siteFounded in 1822, the statewide historical society collects and interprets Rhode Island history and operates the John Brown House Museum and the Museum of Work and Culture.
Official siteThe state arts agency supporting arts and cultural organizations, artists and arts education in Rhode Island.
Official siteStatewide federation serving South Carolina's museums.
Official siteRegional museum association serving museums across the Southeastern states.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Texas museums and museum professionals.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Utah's museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Virginia and Washington, D.C. museums.
Official siteStatewide museum association serving Washington's museums.
Official siteRegional museum association serving museums in the western United States.
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