The museo DE arte DE puerto rico will undertake a comprehensive staff onboarding and professional development initiative to include all staff, volunteers, and docents

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico, Inc. a $316,983 project grant under the Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (CFDA 45.033) program, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The museum will develop and implement a comprehensive staff onboarding and professional development initiative encompassing all employees, volunteers, and docents. The project will establish baseline institutional knowledge across core topics, revise and improve existing onboarding protocols and training materials, and deploy dynamic onboarding modules to ensure stakeholders gain comprehensive awareness of the museum's mission, vision, values, operational procedures, and individual roles and responsibilities.

This initiative directly supports the ALHC program's dual mandate to build organizational capacity within American Latino cultural institutions and advance professional workforce development. By systematizing and enhancing its onboarding and training infrastructure, the Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico strengthens its ability to serve its San Juan community while establishing professional development pathways for museum staff, volunteers, and docents.

The project will establish a baseline for internal stakeholder-wide knowledge on core institutional topics and revise and improve the museum's existing protocols and materials for onboarding and new employee and internal stakeholder training. Dynamic onboarding modules will ensure that all employees and others within our community of internal stakeholders have comprehensive awareness of the museum's mission and vision, values, daily operations, roles, and responsibilities.