1991 Annual Report... Institute of Museum Services

29 Pages·1991·10.7 MB·English

by  National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities

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Museum
Services
EMS
Office of the Director
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES « 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 510 « Washington, DC 20506
The President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
It is a great privilege to present the Institute of Museum Services annual report. This
report recognizes the museums and professional service organizations that have re-
ceived awards and the individuals who have served a peer reviewers in fiscal year 1991.
The museums listed here serve all segments of the public by providing quality services
at no or very low admission cost; they complement and augment the formal education
system reaching audiences and presenting materials in ways not possible in other
settings. They reflect the richness of the American cultural landscape with
representatives from rural as well as urban areas, including institutions with only one
staff member to those with more than 2,000; and budgets that range from under $10,000
to over $70 million. The diversity of the museum community is a tribute to our
Nation’s commitment to learning, it includes art, history, natural history, science and
children’s museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, historic houses and sites and
nature centers.
The success of Institute of Museum Services programs depends upon the commitment
and professional generosity of hundreds of museum and conservation professionals who
serve as peer reviewers. Their dedication and hard work provide a critical service, both
to IMS and to their field.
Through the Institute of Museum Services the Federal Government has the honor of
participating in the valuable work of the museum community. Their work to preserve
and interpret our historic, scientific, and cultural heritage enriches us all.
Respectfully,
Srrcuunale > Cur
Susannah Simpson Kent
Director
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Director's Message
Susannah Simpson Kent
Director
Institute of Museum Services
The American public is well served by the variety and vitality of our
museums; they are popular places where six million users each year
experience learning, accomplishment and connectedness. We rely
on museums to act as stewards of our scientific, artistic and cultural
heritage. The programs of the IMS are designed to assist museums
in their role as dynamic educational institutions.
For the past two years IMS has been involved in an evaluation of its largest program, General
Operating Support. An independent study of the program was undertaken. The results of this study,
which involved hundreds of museum professionals, will be used to shape the future direction of the
program, which will include increased efforts to improve the quality of the review process as well as
an effort to expand the number of grant recipients.
The Conservation Project Support program continues to support museums’ highest prionty
conservation activities. IMS’ new Conservation Assessment Program, administered by the National
Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, has provided access to professional conservators
for hundreds of museums.
Our partnership with the American Association of Museums in offering the Museum Assessment
Programs continues to be popular and effective; MAP provides an assessment of the museum’s
overall operation, MAP II assesses collections care and the newest component, MAP III, assesses the
museum’s public dimension.
In addition to administering IMS programs, I have been working hard in my role as the primary
Federal advocate for museums in seeking to spotlight the unique forum for Jearning the museum
environment provides. With Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Education, I wroie a letter to 6000
museums to encourage them to take part in the national community by community strategy to reach
national education goals called America 2000. Also in coordination with the Department of
Education, the IMS distributed a list of all grant programs offered by the Department for which
museums are eligible.
Museums must be recognized as powerful centers of learning; they are a positive social force in their
communities, they enhance their communities public reputation and economy, they provide a place
where diverse cultures can find values that unify them and they have special resources to engage all
learners. One of my special missions at the IMS will be to encourage widespread recognition of the
educational role played by American museums.
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Table of Contents
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The Honorable Willard L. Boyd
Chairman
National Museum Services Board
Museums are essentially institutions of public learning. Museums
in the United States are highly valued because they provide an
opportunity for persons of all ages, individually and in family
groups, to learn about our country’s culture: the sciences,
humanities and the arts.
The National Museum Services Board meets three time per year to deliberate on policy issues.
During this fiscal year members of the museum community were invited to address the Board
on a number of issues of concern. In April, 1991, the Board heard from members of the
American Association of Museums’ Development and Membership Committee. This group of
dedicated museum professionals provided important insights on the network of public and
private support that must remain strong to support the vitality of our museums. They provided
exemplary case studies that illustrate the significant impact of the General Operating Support
program on museum services in the United States.
In 1991, the agency began the process of assessing the needs of small, emerging, rural and
minority museums as requested by the Congress. To gather information for this study, the
National Museum Services Board held a hearing in Carson City, Nevada in July, 1991.
Members of the Western Museums Conference and the Nevada Museums Association testified
on the unique needs and services of these smaller museums. They provide essential services to
their communities by preserving, nourishing, and transmitting their local and regional culture.
IMS is proceeding to develop a national assessment questionnaire based on suggestions from
seventy nationa!, regional and state museum associations and will _ather data through on-site
interviews and regional discussion groups. The agency will report the results to Congress in
November 1992.
1991 was also a year of change of leadership for the Institute of Museum Services. Daphne
Wood Murray resigned after a highly successful tenure as Director. She brought vision and
vigor to the agency. Her successor, Susannah Simpson Kent, is actively and imaginatively
leading the agency in expanding its services to aid museums in meeting their great national
educational role.
The Honorable Willard L. Boyd of Illinois is the current chairman of the NMSB and is president of
Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. Dr. Boyd is president emeritus and professor of law of the
University of lowa and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Arts Council, the American
Council on the Arts, Elderhostel, and the Advisory Board of the Chicago Office of Cultural Affairs. He
previously served as chair of the American Association of Universities and the Center for Research
Libraries, the Advisory Committee for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts and the Advisory Board of
the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Institute of Museum Services
National Museum Services Board
This policy-making board, appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States
Senate, meets three times a year to review the programs and policies of the Institute of Museum
Services. The board is comprised of individuals who are dedicated to increasing the health and
vitality of the Nation's museums.
The Honorable Alice Wright Algood of Tennessee is a former chair-
man of the Tennessee State Museum Association (now TSM Foundation)
and past president of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee
Antiquities. Mrs. Algood is also a member of the Tennessee Historical bd
Commission, chairing the Historic Sites Committee of the Commission.
The Honorable Arthur Beale of Massachusetts is currently the director
of research at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and a former director
of conservation at the Center for Conservation and Technology Studies,
Harvard University Art Museums. Mr. Beale is a past chairman of the
Board and Council of the National Institute for Conservation, and is
currently a council member elect at the International Institute for Conser-
vation.
The Honorable Diana D. Denman of Texas is a founding member of
the McNay Museum in San Antonio. Mrs. Denman is also a member of
the Painting and Sculpture Council of the San Antonio Museum of Ar
and is currently active in numerous community and civic activities.
The Honecrable James H. Duff of Pennsylvania is executive director of
the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy, and a former director
of the Museum of the Hudson Highlands. Mr. Duff is a past president of
the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums and a former regional delegate
to the Council of the American Association of Museums. He is the
author of numerous articles and books on professional issues and on art
history.
The Honorable Richard J. Herczog of California is a former vice
president and chief operating officer of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo
Association. Mr. Herczog is the former treasurer and director of the
Douglas Welfare Foundation and is active in numerous community and
Civic activities.
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The Honorable Fay S. Howell of Georgia is administrative vice-
president of the High Museum of Art in Adanta, where shas served on
the executive committee since 1976. Mrs. Howell is a member of the
Arts Alliance Board and serves on the Board of Trustees of the
Fernbank Natural History Museum. She is aiso active in numerous
community and charitable organizations in Atlanta.
The Honorable Rosemary McMillan of Nevada has been a member of
the Board of Directors of Reno Nevada’s Washos County Medical
Center since 1968 where she has distinguished herself over the years as
an organizer and fundraiser for numerous charitable art and cultural
events. She is also an active trustee of the Sierra Arts Foundation.
The Honorable Marilyn L. Mennello of Florida is founder and past
president of the Council of 101 of the Orlando Museum of Art in
Orlando, Ficrida. Mrs. Mennello is also a co-founder of the Participa-
tion Enriches Science, Music and Art Organizations. She is currently an
active fundraiser for the arts community in Orlando and numerous other
charitable organizations.
The Honorable Daphne Wood Murray of Texas is forme: director of
IMS. She has served as director of development and programs at the
Houston Museum of Natural Science and vice president of the Board of
Trustees of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary
Arts Museums in Houston. She is currently a consultant for the Hous-
ton Grand Opera’s language arts in the schools program and is also on
the board of the Challenger Space Center and the Arts in Fmbassies
program of the State Department.
The Honorable Pauline Crowe Naftzger of California is a life mem-
ber of the Museum of Naiural History in Los Angeles, and a member of
the Board of Directors of the Blue Ribbon Committee of the Music
Center of Los Angeles. She is also a twenty-five year member of the
Art’s Docent Council and a member of the President's Circle of the Los
Angeles County Museum of Ar.
The Honorable Helmuth J. Naumer of New Mexico is a former
president of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and the San
Antonio Museum Association. He is a past executive director of the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the Pacific Science
Center Foundation. Mr. Naumer is currently the officer of cultural
affairs for the State of New Mexico.
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The Honorable George S. Rosborough Jr. of Missouri is
chairman of the St. Louis Community Foundation. Mr
Rosborough is president emeritus of the St. Louis Art Museum,
and formally served as the director of the Business Committee for
the Arts. Mr. Rosborough is also a former board member of the
Associated Council for the Arts, and a co-founder of the trustees
committee of the American Association of Museums.
The Honorable James S. Rosebush of New York is president of
James Rosebush & Company, an international management
consultant firm. He is a former deputy assistant to President
Reagan and chief of staff to the First Lady. Previously Mr. Rose-
bush served as corporate contributions manager for the Standard
Oil Company of Ohio, as vice president of the National Chamber
Foundation, Citizen’s Choice, Inc, and has been involved in
philanthropy and the museum community for many years.
The Honorable Richard J. Schwartz of New York is a former
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Jonathan Logan
Inc. Mr. Schwartz is currently president of the Archives of Ameri-
can Art in New York City and chairman of the Advisory Board of
the Herbert F. johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York. He is a trustee of the Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts, the Chapin School in New York City, and the
Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.
The Honorable Roy Shafer is executive director of COSI, Ohio's
Center of Science and Industry. He is currently a vice president of
the Association of Science-Technology Centers, president of the
Science Museum Exhibits Collaborative, and has served on many
organizational committees of the American Association of Muse-
ums. He is also active with a number of civic organizations in
Columbus, Ohio.
The Honorable Beverly F. White of Florida has served on
numerous art and historical boards including the Tallahassee Fine
Arts Council. Mrs. White is a former director of Florida’s Divi-
sion of Cultural Affairs and former chairman of Presidential
Scholars.
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General Operating Support Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts
Racine, W! 43.500
Charles H. MacNider Museum
Mason City, IA 31,375
GOS Cleveiand Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH .. 75,000
Colorado Gallery of the Arts
Littleton, CO 11,500
Contemporary Arts Center
eneral Orerating Support awards assist museums Ciacinnau, OH 75,000
Contemporary Arts Museum
with essential operating expenditures. The grant Houston, TX 78,000
Crocker Art Museum
funds can be used for virtually all museum expenses; Sacramento, CA 75.000
Currier Gallery of Art
they pay the rent and the staff, assist in maintenance Manchester, NH 75,000
and repair and help the museum to continue to provide high Custer County Art Center
Miles City, MT 9.381
quality services. A museum is eligible to receive up to 10% of Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TX 75,000
its annual operating income to a maximum of $75,000. Dayton Art Institute
Dayton, OH 75,000
Museums with incomes under $50,000 may request $5,000. DeCordova Museum and Sculpture
Park
General Operating Support applicants compete for funds Lincoln. MA 75,000
Delaware Art Museum
through a peer review process, and awards are based upon a
Wilnungton, DE 75,000
museum’s adherence to high professional standards and judi- Elvehjem Museum of Art
Madison, WI! 75,000
cious management of available resources, as demonstrated Emerson Gallery
Clinton, NY 22.461
through responses to application questions. Fabric Workshop
Pluladelphia, PA 57.934
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Fort Wayne, IN 78.000
433 awards totaling $20,167,844
Freedman Art Gallery
Reading, PA 12.68
Gallery of Contemporary Art
Colorado Springs, CO 12.042
Aquariums
Gibson Art Gallery
O. Hatfield Marine Science Center, Rhododendron Species Found ation Potsdam, NY 16, 454
OreStagte oUnivnersi ty Federal Way, WA 28,268 Greater Lafayette Muscum of Art
Newport, OR. . = $71,700 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Lafayette, IN 10M
Johan ©. Shedd Aquarium Santa Barbara, CA 000 Heckscher Museum
Chicago, IL .. 75,000 Scott Arboretum Huntington, NY S.000
Mystic Marinelife Aquatium Swarthmore, PA 67.000 Hockaday Center for the Arts
Mystic, CT ... 75,000 University of California Irvine Arboretum Kalispell, MT 134m)
National Aquarium in Baltimore” Irvine, CA ..... 19.987 Hyde Collection
Baltimore, MD ........... 78,000 University of Wisconsin Arboretum- Glens Falls, NY 44,505
New Aquarium Madison Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA. . 75,000 Madison, W'.... 67,984 Boston, MA 78,000
North Carolina Aquarium/Roanoke Island Washington Park Arboretum Institute of Contemporary Art
Manteo, NC. . . - §8,000 Seattle, WA .. 75,000 Pluladelphua, PA 75,000
Washington Park Botanical Garden Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Arboretums and Springfield, IL .. ...... 21,024 New Brunswick, NJ 75,000
Botanical Gardens John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Art piessuen Sheboygan, WI 75,000
Arnold Arboretum Krannert Art Museum
Jamaica Plain, MA ..... $75,000 Akron Art Museum Champaign, Il 75,000
Berry Botanic Garden Akron, OH ... $75,000 Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Allentown Art Museum
Portlan.!, OR ........... 16,617 Laurei, MS $1.95]
Botanica, The Wichita Gardens Allentown, PA ........ 75.000 Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Wichita KS .. 50,000 Amarillo Art Center Association
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum Amarillo, TX $§,232 LMaasr yA ngAenlde s,L eCigAh Block Gallery, 7§.000
Arkansas Arts Center Northwestern University
Lattle Rock, AR ... 75,000
Chicago Botanic Garden Evanston, I] $4986
Art Institute of Chicago
< as 75,000 Mattress Factory, Lid
Chicago, IL. 75,000
Fernwood Puisburgh, PA 10,590
S ee 43,079 Artmobile, Memorial Art Gallery
Bucks County Community College
Idaho Botanical Garden Rochester NY 75.000
NN ES 22,012 Newtown, PA ....... $917 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Baltimore Museum of Art
Missouri Botanical Garden New York, NY 78.000
Baltimore, MD... 7.000
St. Lows, MO ............. .. 75,000 Mexican Museum
Birmingham Museum of Art
Morton Arboretum San Francisco, CA $0,000
Birrun AL .. S000
Se eum 75,000 Minneapolis Institute of Art
Bo n College Museum of Art
Nerth Carolina Botanical Garden Minneapolis, MN 75,000
wl rx +e ae 72,162 Brunswick, ME S000 Minnesota Museum of Art
E. White Arboretum Bronx Museum of the Arts St. Paul. MN 78.000
ay VA. 33,211 BronxN,Y .. S000 Mississippi Museum of Art
Brunnier Gallery and Museum
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Jackson, MS 78.000
Claremont, CA. . 75,000 Ames, IA 41,2 Mulvane Art Center
Buscaglia-Castellani Art Galery
Red Butte Gardens and Arboretum, Topeka, KS 11,980
Niagara Univiversity, NY 24.9%
Universoif tUyta h Museum of Art,
Salt Lake City, UT 44.564 Butler Institute of Amencan Art Rhode Island School of Design
Youngstown, OH S.000
Providence, RI 78,000
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Museouf mAr t, Washington State Trout Art Gallery, Dickinson College Pittsburgh Children's Museum
University Carlisle, PA. ; 15,369 Pittsburgh. PA 75,000
CS 32,832 University of Arizona Museum of Art Rensselaer County Junior Museum
Musofe Conutempmora ry Art Tucson, AZ 66,000 Troy, NY 28,000
at Wright State University University of Michigan Museum of Art
Dayton, OH... 23,412 Ann Arbor, MI 75.000 General Museums
Museouf mFi ne Arts Utah Museum of Fine Aris
Boston, MA .. 75,000 Sah Lake, UT $1,793 Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany, NY $75,000
Musoef Fuinem Ar ts Walker Art Center
Bayow Bend Collection
a _ ——_e 75,000 Minneapolis, MN 75,000
Musoef Fuinem Ar ts W alters Art Gallery Houston, TX 75,000
spnenee, MA 75,000 Balumore, MD ..... 75,000 PBteunltoomna thC,o uOnRty Histoncal Museum 12,476
of ModerAnr t Washington University Cay of Art
Blount-Bridgers House
New York, NY 75,000 St. Lows, MO . 31,767
Tarboro, NC 9,882
Nexus ContempoArrta Crenyte r Wharton Esherick Museum
Bolinas Museum
Atlanta, GA... a. 96,637 SPT _...... $000
Bolinas, CA ...... 12,047
Museuofm Ar t William A. Farnsworth Library & Art
Carson County Square House Museum
Philadelphia, PA... 75,000 Museum
Panhandle, TX .... 23,000
PhoeArnt iMusxeu m Rockland, ME ........ ee $4,600
Phoenix, AZ .... 75,000 Williams College Museum of Art Charteston Museum
Charleston, SC ; 75,000
PicAkrt eGalrle ry Willamstown, MA ....... . 75,000
Hamulton, NY 31,302 Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum
Rotunda Gallery Children’s Sincasitis Spokane, WA 75,000
Clarksville-Montgomery County
Brooklyn, NY ........... 14,161
Salina Art Center, Inc A. M. Chisholm Museum Historical Museum
Salina, KS .. 20,000 Duluth, MN .... $19,121 Clarksville, TN 24,000
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Austin Children’s Museum Columbus Museum
Ausun, TX 44.743 Columbus, GA 75,000
San Angelo, TX 28,792
Boston Children’s Museum Eastern California Museum
Boston, MA 75,000 Independence, CA 12,530
La Jolla, CA 75,000
Santa Fe Gallery Brooklyn Children’s Museum Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Brooklyn, NY 75,000 St. Johasbury, VT 34,367
Gainesville, FL .......... 14,958 Children’s ee of Oak Ridge, inc. Florence Griswold Museum
Schneider Museum of Art Oak Ridge, TN... 23.933 Old Lyme, CT 37,670
Ashland, OR. . 15,000
Sheidon Swope Art Gallery Children's DGuscum of Rhode Island Fruitlands Museums
Pawtucket, R/..... 40,546 Harvard, MA 52.891
Terre Haute, IN .. 18,691
Spencer Museum of Art Children’s Museum of San Diego Gaston County Museum of
La Jolla, CA. . 75,000 Art and History
TTT ITED coves 25,000
St. John’s Museum of Art, Inc. Children's Museum Dallas, NC 38 RRO
Wilmungton, NC ................... 22,819 Indianapolis, IN. 75,000 Grace Hudson Museum &
La Habra Children’ s Museum the Sun House
Taf{ Museum
La Habra, CA 74,326 Ukiah, CA 19,58)
Cincinnati, OH.......... 75,000
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Harold Skramstad, right. President of the Henry Ford Museum and Steven Hamp, Director of Collections, left, tour the
exhibit “Automobile in American Life" with former Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher, second from left, and ASC
inc’s Heinz Prechter, a trustee of the Museum.
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