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• - Nonprofit organization promoting theater as an interpretive educational tool in museums, zoos, and aquaria. Includes news and events, a membership form and benefit details, photos, and a directory of board members. Located in New York.
  
• - Full text databases of primary source material of 18th and 19th century periodicals.
  
• - Features information on resume postings, job announcements, museum studies programs, and conferences.
  
• - Collaborative wholesale distributor of fine gifts, reproductions, and jewelry for museum and historic site gift stores. Includes details of services and contact information.
  
• - Clearinghouse for online and other resources for museology/museum studies and museum professionals.
  
• - Promotes collection sharing among museums in the United States.
  
• - A resource guide to assist museum job seekers.
  
• - Provides online recruitment for museums, galleries and other cultural organizations. Includes FAQs and contact information. Based in Argyll, Scotland, UK.
  
• - International specialists in the planning and management of heritage, culture and the arts. Articles and information of interest to the museum professional.
  
• - Creates and organizes natural history and cultural heritage exhibitions. Includes books and exhibitions, projects, collections and portfolio. Based in the United Kingdom.
  
• - Marketing and communications tips for museums.
  
• - Offers a large number of resources and links covering all areas of arts, museum and heritage policy and management.
  
• - ICOM committee which provides information to museums and museum professionals about security issues.
  
• - Provides leadership, service and support for the preservation and interpretation of American state and local history.
  
• - Features a variety of arts and education programs and tools. Resources include online library, photograph and provenance databases, workshops, and grant information.
  
• - Established to further theoretically driven research on learning in museums. Includes annotated literature database for museum professionals, museum studies students and others interested in informal learning,
  
• - A project of the Association of Art Museum Directors. With the exCALENDAR exhibition schedule database.
  
• - Provides information on cataloguing and curatorial concerns for museums. Resources include documentation for registration, nomenclature and terminology, documentation standards.
  
• - From the US Information Agency, Cultural Property Advisory Committee. Covers issues dealing with the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property as well as requests by countries for import restriction on archeological or ethnogra
  
• - Contains public and member news and information on Trust programs and grants, including the Preservation Services Fund.
  
• - Provides computer and technology solutions, as well as support and custom integration of VisitMaker tour reservation software. Includes samples and contact details.
  
• - Dedicated to fostering the cultural aims of museums through the use of computer technologies. Includes online newsletter, special interest group pages, lists of museum web sites, a searchable vendor marketplace.
  
• - Development resources for museum professionals.
  
• - The NAGPRA module of the National Archeological Database provides full text documents related to the Act under five categories: Legal Mandates, Guidance, Submissions, Notices, and Review Committee.
  
• - Covering all aspects of anthropological activities in museums, including research, exhibits, documentation and conservation.
  
• - ECSITE - European organization representing science centers, museums and institutes in 25 countries.
  
• - Cultural property protection against malicious intent.
  
• - International organization devoted to enhancing and understanding visitor experiences in museums, zoos, science centers, historic sites, aquariums, botanical gardens, nature centers and interpretive sites.
  
• - One of the leading professional appraising organizations.
  
• - Information and resources for museums to improve website accessibility for the disabled.
  
• - Specializing in educational workshops within museums, galleries and outreach to schools and community arts projects. Includes details of programs and links. Based in the United Kingdom.
  
• - Specializing in audience development, education strategies, evaluation of projects, exhibitions and interactive exhibits, educational resource and outreach programs. Based in London.
  
• - Wholesale business and wholly owned subsidiary of the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation. Develops products with approval of the Foundation, with sale proceeds to benefit the museum. Includes a catalog request form, a list of trade shows, and traveling exhibits.
  
• - Museum and charitable donation appraisals