SEMC Annual Report 2016

SEMC ANNUAL REPORT 2016

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From the Presidents

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t has been a tremendous honor to serve as president of the Southeastern Museums Conference for the past two years, and to be part of such an effective, respected, and growing professional organization. Once again for me the highlight of the past year was the SEMC annual meeting in October. The museums and cultural organizations of Charlotte embraced us generously and enthusiastically and created an exceptional and unforgettable experience for everyone who attended. The annual meeting is the most visible way SEMC benefits its members, by providing the opportunity for an intense few days of networking, fellowship, and professional growth. It was also the occasion for the rollout of SEMC’s new strategic plan, the culmination of many months of hard work and intense conversations about the direction we want to take as an organization.

As I have noted in past years, only a financially viable organization can operate effectively on behalf of its membership. Thanks to careful planning and budgeting, strict fiscal controls, and close oversight, SEMC remains in excellent financial shape, and is one of

SEMC Council at NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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the few museum organizations in the country to be blessed with an endowment fund, which at the end of 2016 had a value of $359,899. The interest revenue generated by this fund directly benefits our members, in the form of scholarships to the annual meeting and the Jekyll Island Museum Management Institute. The growth of the endowment says a lot about the quality and vision of the leaders who first established the fund years ago, and the prospects for our future as an organization and as a profession.

I was sorry to see my two-year term as SEMC president come to an end in October but grateful to hand off to Darcie MacMahon. Under her capable leadership, supported by an SEMC Council packed with talent and the formidable skills and energy of Executive Director Susan Perry, Southeastern museum professionals can look forward to a bright future!

David Butler Executive Director, Knoxville Museum of Art

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aving accepted the President’s baton from David at the recent SEMC conference, I’d like to echo his enthusiasm over SEMC’s accomplishments this year and his pride overall for SEMC’s role in our professional community. When I hear from peers all over the country that SEMC is amazingly strong and vibrant, it only strengthens my admiration for the efforts of all those who contribute to what we do.

In the coming year, I look forward to diving into our new Impact Plan and working on some exciting new initiatives, especially those that promote diversity and inclusion in our professional community and our institutions. It is a true delight to serve with the dedicated colleagues who volunteer their time as officers and directors of the SEMC Council, and to work with such a capable Executive Director as Susan Perry. SEMC is in good shape! As I humbly step into the Presidency, I thank each and every one of you as members and supporters of what I believe is the greatest regional museum network in the country.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the not-to-bemissed 2017 conference in New Orleans, September 11–13. And stay tuned — more good things ahead!

Darcie MacMahon Director of Exhibits & Public Programs, Florida Museum of Natural History

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SEMC Net Assets Have Increased 163% Since 2011

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OUR MISSION

The Southeastern Museums Conference is a networking organization that serves to foster professionalism, mutual support, and communication. A non-profit membership association, SEMC strives to increase educational and professional development opportunities and improve the interchange of ideas, information, and cooperation.

OUR HISTORY

1951: SEMC was established at a meeting in Norfolk.

It was agreed that the organization should include the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.

SEMC’s first task was to appoint a committee to get the Southeast included in a Congressional bill to appropriate money to provide places of safe-keeping for museum objects in case of war.

1956: Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia petitioned to join SEMC. The Council suggested they form their own organization, today known as the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums.

1960s: Hired first SEMC staff with $25,000 foundation grant to carry out further training workshops; SEMC urged the American Alliance (formerly Association) of Museums to formulate a museum accreditation program.

1969: SEMC established a three-day annual meeting.

1970s: Local arrangements and program committees were established for the annual meeting; SEMC published a directory of educational resources.

1977: SEMC was officially incorporated; and exhibitors were added to the annual meeting.

1959: First five-year plan. Added Arkansas to SEMC.

1982: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Memphis.

1960: Hosted two professional development workshops in North Carolina on museum training and historic house restoration.

1986: Moved SEMC offices to Baton Rouge.

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1992: A full-time Executive Director and a Director

of Office and Membership Services had been hired.

Shortly after that, SEMC’s endowment was established to promote financial stability.

1996: The JumpStart Program began. This program flourished during the first decade of the 21st century and is now known as the Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI), offering an eight-day intensive museum training to museum professionals with two years’ experience or more.

2003: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Atlanta.

2010: SEMC established a partnership with Atlanta History Center where the SEMC office relocated.

2013: SEMC, the five other regional museum associations, and the American Alliance of Museums completed the first National Museum Salary Survey, the only comprehensive study of its kind for our diverse field.

Today, SEMC continues to create programs like JIMI and the National Museum Salary Survey to support its ongoing mission to foster professionalism and support for museum professionals.

2005: SEMC established a Hurricane Katrina grant fund and awarded over $500,000 to museums and museum employees affected by the storm in Mississippi and Louisiana.

SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception at NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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Annual Meeting Attendance Has Doubled Since 2011

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IMPACT PLAN

In 2016, SEMC Council collaborated with Randi Korn Associates to develop our first Impact Plan, for 2017–2019.

Organizational Focus: Advance racial/ethnic diversity of its membership, including individuals, museums, and the council.

Impact: SEMC members, at all stages of their career, find professional support and camaraderie from the SEMC leadership and members as they deepen their knowledge of museums, strengthen their practice and skills, promote diversity, and serve SEMC fellow members in need.

Action Plan Focus: • Technology • Annual Gatherings • Honing Our Craft • Marketing/Communication • Inclusion

OUR PAST YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

The year 2016 has been exciting for SEMC. This fall SEMC launched our Endowment Gift Campaign with initial contributions of $2,790. SEMC continued its goal of financial stability and sustainability in fiscal year 2016 with a net of $48,599, and added $32,674 to the SEMC Reserve Fund and $15,925 to the SEMC Endowment. Thank you to those who contributed in the past year; the SEMC endowment now stands at $359,899.

SEMC had a successful annual conference in Charlotte with a recent record of 604 attendees. In 2016 the SEMC Technology Competition, in its second year, had 27 entries representing 15 museums and 16 award winners. The SEMC Scholarship program offered 12 travel awards scholarships, 4 more than the previous year, including the Presidential scholarship, sponsored by David Butler, the African American Museum Professional scholarship, and a scholarship, 9

sponsored by John A. Woods Appraisers for a historic house museum professional. Sixty program sessions, thirteen off-site tours/workshops, and seventy Resource Expo exhibitors provided new ideas, professional expertise and best practices. Two exciting sessions, “Ignite SEMC: Thoughts to Spark Your Passion for Museums” and “Museums Stand Up,” inspired change for SEMC members. In the keynote address “A Glimpse of the Future,” Elizabeth Merritt, director of the American Alliance of Museums’ Center for the Future of Museums, explored the social, technological, and economic forces shaping labor, virtual and augmented reality, happiness as a measure of success, and the struggle over identity and representation.

The Council discussed our impact and joint vision for SEMC’s future.

SEMC wants to serve members’ diverse needs and improve communications. SEMC has expanded social media coverage and digital communications. During the month of March, we offered 10% off all new memberships to drive membership and start promoting SEMC2016 in Charlotte. We restructured the Corporate Membership program so that Corporate Memberships renewed by June 30, 2016. We had 181 new members in FY 2016, for a total membership of 1053. SEMC surveyed our members and focused on programs that serve the diverse needs of Southeast

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museum professionals. SEMC realizes the potential to grow our membership, and wants to provide more membership benefits and resources.

The Jekyll Island Management Institute 2016 (JIMI) was a milestone in that we had our first participant from West Virginia (Danielle M. Petrak, The Royce J. & Caroline B. Watts Museum, Morganton). For the first time ever, we had a representative from all of the 12 SEMC states! Thanks to the generosity of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), SEMC was pleased to offer for the John Kinard Scholarship for two staff members of Association of African American Museums (AAAM) institutional or individual members to attend SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI). JIMI 2016 provided leadership training for the most diverse class in the past sixteen years.

In 2016 SEMC leadership focused on the organization’s impact on museum professionals. We are passionate about the professional support, camaraderie, and network of SEMC, and in the past year provided more opportunities for professional learning for Southeast museum professionals.

Susan Perry Executive Director, SEMC

SEMC Received $44,501 in Contributions

(including the endowment)

in Fiscal Year 2016

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS Gold Sponsor Travelers (Director/Trustee Reception) Silver Sponsors Perkins + Will (Annual Awards Luncheon) Solid Light, Inc. (General Session/Keynote Speaker) Studio Displays, Inc. (Evening Event) Bronze Conference Sponsors Alexander Haas (Director/Trustee Luncheon)

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Smart Solutions, a division of Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services (Director/Trustee Luncheon) L. Carole Wharton, LLC (SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception) Dietl International Services (Morning Break) SunTrust (Registration Table) Resource Expo Sponsors Malone Design/Fabrication (Grand Opening Reception)

Riggs Ward Design (Grand Opening Reception) Native Ground Books & Music (Grand Opening Reception) Lanyard Sponsor HealyKohler Design Hospitality Suite Sponsor Cinebar Productions, Inc. Mobile Guide Sponsor CultureConnect (Charlotte) OnCell–TourSphere (Conference Guide) Transportation Sponsor Visit Charlotte SEMC Scholarship Sponsors SEMC 2015 Silent Auction (SEMC Traveling Scholarships) David Butler (President’s Scholarship) John A. Woods Appraisers (Historic House Museum Professional Scholarship) SERA Sponsors Transportation Consultants International (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) Willis Towers Watson (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) Past Perfect (Dan Silosky Award for Excellence in Collections Management and Registration) Dietl International (two SERA travel scholarships) Gaylord Brothers, Inc. (SERA member discount)

Platinum Sponsor/Evening Event Sponsor Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Host Museums Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Charlotte Museum of History Discovery Place Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture Levine Museum of the New South McColl Center for Art + Innovation The Mint Museum NASCAR Hall of Fame Off-Site Tour/Program/Workshop Sponsors Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Bank of America Carolina Raptor Center Discovery Place Historic Rosedale Latta Plantation Levine Museum of the New South The Mint Museum NASCAR Hall of Fame President James K. Polk State Historic Site JIMI 2016 Sponsors Cynthia and John Lancaster, JIMI 2016 scholarship Gaylord Brothers, Inc., JIMI 2016 scholarship John Kinard Scholarship Fund, in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African

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American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

Two JIMI 2016 scholarships Goosepen Studio & Press Keith Post, Satilla Computer Solutions, JIMI 2016 breakfast sponsor Arkansas Museum Association (AMA), JIMI 2016 scholarship for tuition Mississippi Museums Association (MMA), JIMI 2016 scholarship for travel

North Carolina Museums Council (NCMC), JIMI 2016 scholarship South Carolina Federation of Museums (SCFM), JIMI 2016 scholarship for tuition/travel South Carolina Military Museum 2016 scholarship Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship, JIMI 2016

THANK YOU SEMC MEMBERS

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our mem­ber museums, corporations, and benefactors during 2016.

CORPORATE MEMBERS 10-31 Inc. 1220 Exhibits, Inc. 3DPtree ADM2 Exhibits & Displays, Inc Alexander Haas ANR Transport LLC Aon/Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency Arcadia Publishing Art Conservation 14

Artemis Fine Art Services Aurora Storage Products, Inc. Available Light Blackbaud Blair, Inc Bonsai Fine Arts Inc Brad Larson Media Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services Capital Development Services Capitol Exhibit Services, Inc.

Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals Caswell Partners Charlotte Van and Storage Charlton Hall Auctions Chicago Scenic Studios, Inc. Cinebar Productions, Inc. Cuberis CultureConnect Delta Designs Ltd. Design & Production Inc. Dietl International dmdg2 Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. ECS Conservation/HF Group Fabrication Specialists, Inc. Fessel International Foos for Thought Frina Design Gallagher & Associates Gaylord Brothers, Inc. GlavĂŠ and Holmes Architecture Goosepen Studio & Press Gretel Haizlip Studio Hasselblad Bron, Inc. HealyKohler Design Hecht Burdeshaw Architects, Inc. Hillmann & Carr Inc. Hollinger Metal Edge Impact Communications Interactive Knowledge Intermark Group J.M. Kelley Ltd.

K Design Signs & Exhibits Leland Little Auctions Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture Mallory Alexander International Logistics Malone Design/ Fabrication Manask & Associates MasterPak Mathes Brierre Architects MBA Design & Display Products Corporation Middle Tennessee State University MSTSD, Inc. MuseumRails MuseumTrek by TrekSolver, Inc. Music Maker Relief Foundation Native Ground Books & Music Olympus Group OnCell OU College of Liberal Studies Our Fundraising Search Patron Technology Patterson Pope Print File, Inc Printology Signs & Graphics Prism Technologies, Inc. Q Media Productions, Inc. Quatrefoil Associates R&L Consulting, LLC Randi Korn & Associates Riggs Ward Design Shibui Design, LLC Skinner, Inc. SmithGroup JJR Solid Light, Inc 15

Membership Has Increased 151% Since 2011

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Studio Displays, Inc. StudioAmmons Inc. The Charleston Mint The Crowley Company The Design Minds, Inc The History Workshop The Nassal Company Thrive Payments Travelers Insurance Universal Fiber Optic Lighting LLC. USArt Company, Inc. Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery/AAMG William Hinman Consulting Wingin’ It Works WOLF Consulting

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum African American Military History Museum Aiken County Historical Museum Alabama Department of Archives and History Albany Museum of Art Aldie Mill & Mt. Zion Historic Parks Alexandria Museum of Art Amelia Island Museum of History American Civil War Museum Amory Regional Museum Anderson County Museum Andrew Low House Anniston Museum of Natural History Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory

Apopka Historical Society, Inc Appleton Museum of Art Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama Arkansas National Guard Museum Art Center Sarasota Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) Asheville Art Museum Atlanta History Center Augusta Museum of History B.B. King Museum Bailey-Matthews Shell Foundation Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia Barrington Hall/City of Roswell Georgia Bartow History Museum Bass Museum of Art Beaches Museum & History Park Beaufort History Museum Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Beck Cultural Exchange Center Belle Meade Plantation Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Museum of Art Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Bob Campbell Geology Museum Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery Booth Western Art Museum Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University Burritt on the Mountain C.H. Nash Museum

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Cameron Art Museum Camp Gordon Johnston Association Camp Van Dorn WWII Museum Cape Fear Museum of History & Science Carolinas Aviation Museum Catawba Science Center Center for Puppetry Arts Charlotte Museum of History Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Children’s Hands on Museum Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Inc. Clinton Museum Coastal Georgia Historical Society Coastal Heritage Society Colburn Earth Science Museum Collier County Museums Columbia Museum of Art Computer Museum of America Coral Gables Museum Cornell Fine Arts Museum Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Cross County Museum & Archives Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Culture & Heritage Museums Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Customs House Museum & Cultural Center Dade Heritage Trust Daura Gallery – Lynchburg College David J. Sencer CDC Museum Davies Manor Association Museum 18

Deerfield Beach Historical Society, Inc. Delta Cultural Center DeSoto County Museum Discovery Park of America, Inc. Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, NCDCR Downing Museum at Baker Arboretum Drayton Hall Dunedin Fine Art Center Earl Scruggs Center East Tennessee Historical Society Edison & Ford Winter Estates Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University Elliott Museum and The House of Refuge at Gilbert’s Bar Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum, Hampden-Sydney College Farragut Folklife Museum Flagler Museum Flannery O’Connor-Andalusia Foundation Florence County Museum Florida CraftArt Florida Holocaust Museum Florida Museum of Natural History Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Fort Lauderdale History Center Fort Wayne Museum of Art Frist Center for the Visual Arts Gadsden Museum of Art Galleries & Exhibitions/Ringling College of Art and Design Gaston County Museum of Art & History Georgia College & State University Martha Battle Jackson and Kyle Bryner outside Discovery Place.

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SEMC Welcomed 181 New Members in Fiscal Year 2016

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Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia Georgia’s Old Capital Museum Society, Inc Greensboro Historical Museum Greenville County Museum of Art Greenville Museum of Art Greenwood Museum Gregg Museum of Art & Design Guilford College Art Gallery Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Hampton Roads Naval Museum Hampton University Museum Harvey B. Gantt Center Henry B. Plant Museum Heritage Village Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses Hickory Museum of Art High Museum of Art High Point Museum Hills & Dales Estate Historic Arkansas Museum Historic Bethania Historic Columbia Foundation Historic New Orleans Collection Historic Oakland Foundation Historic Resources and Museum Program, City of Raleigh Historic Westville History Museum of Mobile HistoryMiami Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida Hopewell Museum

Horry County Museum Hunter Museum of American Art Huntington Museum of Art Huntsville Museum of Art Institute for Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami International Museum of the Horse Iredell Museum Iron & Steel Museum of AL Jacksonville Fire Museum James K. Polk Home James Monroe Museum Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve Jekyll Island Museum Joel Lane Museum House John G. Riley Center/Museum Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Kennesaw State University – Museums, Archives & Rare Books Kentucky Derby Museum Kentucky Historical Society Kings Mountain Historical Museum Knoxville Museum of Art LaGrange Art Museum Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Leepa-Rattner Museum Levine Museum of the New South Liberty Hall Historic Site Lighthouse Art Center Museum & School of Art 21

Lightner Museum Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Louisiana State Museum Louisiana State University Museum of Art Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Lunney House Museum Lynchburg Museum System M.W. Warner Transportation Museum Madison Morgan Cultural Center Magnolia Mound Plantation Maier Museum of Art Man in the Sea Museum Mandarin Museum & Historical Society Maria V. Howard Arts Center Marietta Museum of History Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts Masur Museum of Art Matheson History Museum McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana Memorial Hall Museum Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Mennello Museum of American Art Menokin Foundation Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Middleton Place Foundation Midway Museum, Inc. Mint Museum 22

Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc. Mississippi Museum of Art Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Mobile Museum of Art MOCA Jacksonville Modernism Museum Mount Dora Monroe County Heritage Museums Monticello/Thomas Jefferson Foundation Mooresville Public Library Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Morris Museum of Art Morse Museum of American Art Mosaic Templars Cultural Mountain Heritage Center Muscarelle Museum of Art Museum Center at 5ive Points Museum Division State of Mississippi Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University Museum of Art DeLand Florida Museum of Arts and Sciences Museum of Design Atlanta Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Florida History Museum of Science & History Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Museums of Tusculum M.W. Warner Transportation Museum National Civil Rights Museum

Heather Guy Nowak, James Quint, Michelle Schulte, and Matthew Davis at SEMC Council’s Legacy Reception.

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National Museum of the Marine Corps National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force National Sporting Library & Museum National World War II Museum Newcomb Art Museum NC Museum of History Library North Carolina National Guard North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum Northeast Georgia History Center Oak Alley Foundation Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum Oberg Research, Inc. Office of Historic Alexandria Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Old State House Museum Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center Orange County Regional History Center Orlando Museum of Art Osceola County Historical Society Page-Walker Arts & History Center Patricia & Philip Frost Museum Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Paul W. Bryant Museum Pendleton District Commission Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum Pickens County Museum of Art & History Pigs-In-Flight Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum Pioneer Museum of Alabama Polk Museum of Art

Portsmouth Museums President James K. Polk State Historic Site/ NC Dept. of Cultural Resources Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Reynolda House Museum of American Art Ringling College of Art and Design River Discovery Center Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking Rocky Mount Museum Rowan Museum, Inc. Sautee Nacoochee Community Association SC Confederate Relic Room & Museum SCAD Museum of Art Schiele Museum Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center South Carolina Military Museum South Carolina State Museum St. Mary’s Submarine Museum Steeplechase Museum Sumter County Museum Swope Art Museum Tampa Bay History Center Tampa Museum of Art Inc. Taubman Museum of Art Telfair Museums Tellus Science Museum Tennessee State Museum Tennessee Valley Museum of Art The Arkansas Arts Center The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky The Bascom The Charleston Museum

Zena Howard with Perkins + Will and Christine Miller Betts at SEMC Annual Awards Luncheon.

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The Children’s Museum of The Upstate The Chrysler Museum of Art The Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum The Columbus Museum The Crossroads Museum The Dixon Gallery & Gardens The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia The Guntersville Museum The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art The Mitchell Young Anderson Museum The Museum at Mountain Home The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia The Natchez Institute – Historic Natchez Foundation The Oaks House Museum The Old Governor’s Mansion/Georgia College The Ralph Foster Museum The Royce J. & Caroline B. Watts Museum, West Virginia University The Speed Art Museum The Wolfsonian – FIU Thomas County Historical Society Thronateeska Heritage Center Tryon Palace Tubman Museum Tuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection Tuskegee University U.S. Marshals Museum, Inc. U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Museum Union County Heritage Museum University Museum & Historic Houses

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University of Alabama Museums University of Louisville UNC Charlotte, Department of History (Public History Program) University of Mississippi Museum & Historic Houses UNO Arts Administration Program University of Richmond Museums University of West Alabama Upcountry History Museum – Furman University US Army Women’s Museum UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures UWF Historic Trust Vero Beach Museum of Art Virginia Beach History Museums Virginia Historical Society Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Washington and Lee University Walter Anderson Museum of Art Waterworks Visual Arts Center Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. WCU Fine Art Museum Weatherspoon Art Museum West Baton Rouge Museum West Virginia Division of Culture and History Wetzel County Museum Whalehead in Historic Corolla William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Wiregrass Museum of Art Wofford College Yeiser Art Center

Priscilla Cooper with keynote speaker Elizabeth Merritt at SEMC Annual Awards Luncheon.

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTORS

Many thanks to our endowment contributors in 2016 for investing in the future of SEMC! The growth of SEMC’s endowment is essential to ensure that our organization will be able to provide opportunities for learning and networking for museum professionals in the Southeast.

George Bassi Linda Bitley David Butler Priscilla Hancock Cooper Jamie Credle Matthew S. Davis Dawn Deano Hammatt Julie Harris Brian Hicks Micheal Hudson Kathleen F.G. Hutton

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Mary D. LaGue Jennifer Lamb Elise V. LeCompte Dana-Marie Lemmer R. Andrew Maass Deborah Lynn Mack Darcie MacMahon Nathan Moehlmann Heather Nowak Catherine McCrory Pears Robin Seage Person

Keith F. Post Robin Reed Graig D. Shaak James G. Shepp Robert Sullivan Deitrah Taylor Michael Scott Warren Heather Marie Wells Zinnia Willits

The Past Presidents Circle Members of the Past Presidents Circle have contributed $150 annually for at least two years to the endowment fund.

Platinum Alderson Fellows (minimum $5,000) Sylvia F. Alderson Bob Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Nancy & Robert Sullivan

George Bassi Sharon Bennett David Butler Tom Butler Tamra Sindler Carboni Micheal A. Hudson Douglas Noble Robert Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Robert Sullivan Kristin Miller Zohn

George Bassi Sharon Bennett David Butler Tamra Sindler Carboni Martha Battle Jackson Pamela Meister Richard Waterhouse

The William T. and Sylvia F. Alderson Endowment Fellows

Current Alderson Fellow (minimum $1,000)

Thirty members of SEMC have made commitments of distinction as Alderson Fellows. Their investment of at least $1,000 each is a significant leadership gift, reflective of a personal commitment to the professional association that has meant so much to each of them.

T. Patrick Brennan Michael Brothers W. James Burns William U. Eiland Horace Harmon Brian Hicks Pamela Hisey Micheal Hudson Rick Jackson Andrew Ladis

Medallion Alderson Fellows (minimum $2,500)

Elise LeCompte Allyn Lord Michael Anne Lynn R. Andrew Maass Darcie MacMahon Robin Seage Person Steve Rucker Kristin Miller Zohn The Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship Fund Established in 2009 to honor Pete LaPaglia’s dedication to the museum field and recognize his inspirational leadership of SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute, this fund helps endow an annual JIMI scholarship. 2016 marked JIMI’s 16th anniversary, and the fund has reached over $22,409.

Laura Anderson Brenda Baratto Brian Hicks Kathleen F. G. Hutton Martha Battle Jackson Elise LeCompte Catherine Pears

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Other SEMC Contributions These funds contributed to the annual meeting, JIMI, membership, or general operating funds for SEMC. Brenda Baratto (JIMI) Sharon Bennett (JIMI) Aaron Berger (JIMI) Thrive Payments/Odyssey Merchant Services (AAM/SEMC sponsor) Mary Durusau (JIMI) Christian Edwards(JIMI)

Emily Epley (JIMI) Will Guzman (JIMI) Dawn Deano Hammatt Martha Battle Jackson (JIMI) Steven Jeffcoat (JIMI) Julie Kowalski (JIMI) John S. Lancaster (JIMI) Elise LeCompte (JIMI) Deborah Lynn Mack Danyelle McNeill (JIMI) Carol Messer (JIMI) Pam Meister (Annual Meeting) Anne Elizabeth Miller (JIMI) Nathan Moehlmann (JIMI)

National Museum of African American History and Culture (JIMI) North Carolina Museums Council (JIMI) Laura Orr (JIMI) Catherine McCrory Pears (JIMI) Keith Post (JIMI) Ellen Strojan (JIMI) Julie Thomas (JIMI) Michael Scott Warren (JIMI) Renee Walker-Tuttle (JIMI) Josh White (JIMI) Cathy Wright (JIMI)

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS

SEMC wants to express our deepest gratitude to our volunteers who contributed countless hours in 2016. A special thanks goes to SEMC leadership – Officers, Council Directors, and committees. Annual conference, JIMI, and other SEMC programming would not be possible without your help. Thanks to all for your time!

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SEMC Launched a Two-Year Endowment Gift Campaign with $2,790

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A SNAPSHOT OF SEMC’S REACH

Conference 2016 Attendees: 604 JIMI 2016 Participants: 20 Southeast Museums Advocacy Day Participants: 55 Facebook Followers: 1,054

Twitter Followers: 1,628 Linked In Members: 1,220 SEMC Website Page Views: 157,427

STAFF

2016 OFFICERS

Susan S. Perry Executive Director

President (through October 2016) David Butler Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

Mary Miller Manager of Communications and Member Services SEMC P.O. Box 550746 Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 Phone: 404.814.2048 Website: www.SEMCdirect.net Email: membershipservices@SEMCdirect.net Design: Nathan Moehlmann, Goosepen Studio & Press 32

President (beginning October 2016) Darcie MacMahon Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL Vice President Dawn Hammatt New Orleans, LA Secretary Robin Seage Person Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS

Treasurer Robin Reed Fort Monroe Casemate, Fort Monroe, VA

Deborah Mack Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.

Past President (through October 2016) Micheal Hudson Museum of the American Printing House of the Blind, Louisville, KY

Elise LeCompte Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL

Catherine Pears Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

Kyle Bryner (beginning October 2016) Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA

Deitrah Taylor The Cultural Center, Milledgeville, GA

Priscilla Cooper Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL

Heather Marie Wells Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

Julie Harris River Discovery Center, Paducah, KY

Zinnia Willits Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

DIRECTORS

Brian Hicks Desoto County Museum, Hernando, MS Kathleen Hutton Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC Jenny Lamb Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro, TN

Check out the new resources at www.SEMCdirect.net.

For a complete copy of the Gift Acceptance Policy, see SEMC’s website. For more information, please refer to the Legacy Society brochure.

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FY2016* FY2015 Assets Cash & cash equivalents $225,578 $223,137 Investments $339,390 $273,188 Receivables/Prepaid $9,337 $9,722

Total Assets $574,304 $506,047

Liabilities & Fund Equity Liabilities $66,990 $56,196 Fund Equity $507,315 $449,851

Total Liabilities & Fund Equity $574,304 $506,047

*Note FY2016 is July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016.

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SEMC Membership Institutions Individuals Corporations Students Benefactors Retired Academic Members

How Does SEMC Spend Your Money?

Program Expenditures Management Operational Expenditures

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