The Science Museum of Minnesota Accounting Division received a $704,677 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (CFDA 45.032). The two-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support the museum's efforts to drive transformative change towards inclusion, diversity, equity, and access across 20 small, underserved museums in the Upper Midwest region. The project will bring together 48 staff and researchers from these museums, both virtually and in-person, to learn about equity theories, methods, and tools, and to adapt these ideas to their respective institutions and professional networks. The goal is to develop a leadership cohort with a strong grounding in complex equity issues, empowering them to create more inclusive staff, institutions, and local/regional communities of museum professionals.
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