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SEMC Annual Report 2021

SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUMS CONFERENCE

From the President The past year has been an active one for our organization as we’ve continued to grow and expand in response to our ever-changing world. I hope that you will review the statistics we have offered in this annual report. Some highlights that particularly come to my mind: • • • • •

Our first hybrid annual meeting Evaluation of JIMI to ensure another 20 years of success Preparation for the first in-person Leadership Institution Continuation of monthly virtual programming Continuation of recognizing excellence in our field through awards, competitions, and Ones to Watch

As you can see, we believe in continuing the success of our standing programs and offerings while rising to the opportunity to create new ways to better serve our membership. We could not do that without the commitment of all our members – student, individual, institution, business, and corporate. If you are looking to get more involved, I ask that you consider volunteering on one of our many committees, and/or contributing to our endowments. Heather Marie Wells SEMC President

Our History 1951: SEMC was established at a meeting in Norfolk, Virginia. 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 safekeeping for museum objects in case of war.

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

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

1986: Moved SEMC offices to Baton Rouge.

1959: First five-year plan and added Arkansas to the SEMC. 1960: Hosted two professional development workshops in North Carolina on museum training and historic house restoration. 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.

1977: SEMC was officially incorporated; and exhibitors were added to the annual meeting. 1982: Moved the central offices of SEMC to Memphis.

1992: A full-time Executive Director and a Director of Office and Memberships 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. 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.

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. 2017: SEMC, the five other regional museum associations, five state museum associations, including Florida and Virginia, and the American Alliance of Museums completed the 2017 National Museum Salary Survey. 2019: With Association of African American Museums and National Association for Interpretation, SEMC co-sponsored NMAAHC’s Interpretation of African American History and Culture Workshop, presented in partnership with the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission. 2020: Throughout a year that included a global pandemic, leadership changes and postponement of the 2020 Annual Meeting due to health and safety concerns, SEMC persevered and continued to offer its members connection, communication, and consistency in a new virtual world. 2020 saw the launch of a virtual Leadership Institute: Leading for Today’s Challenges, as well as a successful virtual Program Series that offered over 600 attendees from across the county ongoing professional development in the face of great challenges.

2021: In 2021 SEMC continued to be nimble and pivot to meet the needs of its members during an ongoing pandemic. For the first time in its history, SEMC offered year-round virtual programs and a hybrid 2021 Annual Meeting which provided opportunities for the membership to attend professional training sessions either in-person or via a virtual conference platform (PheedLoop). 2021 also began a year-long evaluation of the Jekyll Island Management Institute which will be offered in 2023 and saw the launch of the Digital Empowerment Project for Small Museums, a nationwide initiative organized by the six U.S. regional museum associations and dedicated to providing free, self-paced training resources for small museums. Now: In the coming year, SEMC will continue to produce monthly virtual programs that offer professional development on topics ranging from technology to virtual engagement to accessibility in museums. We are excited to strengthen existing partnerships and form new ones, including a collaboration with the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries that will be geared toward our student populations and emerging museum professionals. Other initiatives on the 2022 agenda include building the faculty of the Jekyll Island Management Institute in preparation for JIMI 2023, the in-person launch of the 2022 Leadership Institute and of course SEMC2022 in Northwest Arkansas.

Impact Plan In January 2020, SEMC launched its 2020–2022 Impact Plan which lays out our shared vision and operational road map for the next three years. Building on a solid foundation, this Plan, which was created through many working sessions with SEMC Council and strategic planning facilitators, offers continued thoughtful direction and responsible foresight for our immediate future. The historic global pandemic of 2020-2021 has challenged SEMC leadership to adjust many of the strategies outlined in the plan to meet the overall goals.

Organizational Focus: Advance and encourage a diverse membership of individuals, museums, and Council leaders. Action Plan Focus:

Impact: SEMC members at all stages of their career find professional support and camaraderie from peer-to-peer networking and learning opportunities that provide meaningful connection, a means to deepen their knowledge of museums and strengthen their practice and skills and a platform to promote and support equity and diversity and lift fellow SEMC members.

Our Past Year Highlights So much changed for SEMC between March 2020 and December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic including the way we operate, the way we provide programing and connection, and the way we communicate with our membership, not to mention a transition in SEMC leadership, SEMC staff and Council members. What has NOT changed is our organizational mission and vision. To remind us all:

SEMC 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.

SEMC Vision:

The vision of SEMC is to be essential to its members and the broader museum community. During this past year, SEMC staff worked hard to keep the SEMC mission and vision primary as we continue to make necessary adjustments, engage the membership through updated methods of digital communication and produce quality professional development opportunities and programs in ways that meet the moment and acknowledge the ongoing challenges and successes museums are experiencing across our region.

In 2021 the Southeastern Museums Conference continued to navigate organizational and operational adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines provided the world with essential protection against the ever-changing virus, and SEMC remained nimble in its approach to member engagement, professional programming, networking (both virtual and in-person), and communication methods that spanned many digital platforms. 2021 was both a transformational and challenging year for the Southeastern Museums Conference. Although the pace was often frenetic and the ongoing uncertainties of COVID continued to necessitate new ways of operating, communicating, and gathering, we persevered. The following pages contain a few final reflections on all SEMC accomplished as a professional organization in 2021. The staff, leadership, members, member museums, and industry partners have been strong, creative, and agile, and continue to show resilience, empathy, and determination to enact necessary changes to keep the field relevant, connected, and supportive of the communities’ museums serve.

Programs At the outset of 2021 vaccines provided a glimmer of hope for a possible return to in-person gatherings later in the year. While we looked

forward, 2020 pandemic adjustments inspired SEMC staff and leadership to continue to provide quality professional development opportunities throughout the year in the form of virtual programs and gatherings. Staying connected and engaged during the early days of pandemic isolation and rapid change was so important, and SEMC resolved to provide monthly virtual programs to bring the southeast museum community together and offer professional learning opportunities from the comfort and safety of home or office. Year-round virtual programming encourages peer-to-peer learning and camaraderie that has become a hallmark of SEMC. While accessible online training opportunities are now essential to SEMC’s mission, the time and expense involved in producing quality virtual offerings continues to evolve. Operating support from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (GDDF) was critical to the success and smooth execution of SEMC virtual programs and assisted with operational expenses essential to program production, marketing, and virtual event management.

In 2021 SEMC: Produced 10 virtual programs in collaboration with museum professionals across the region that (to date,) have almost 2,000 views. All programs were offered free of charge and geared toward peer-to-peer learning and dialogue on topics including, telling inclusive histories at historic sites, deaccessioning, a museum’s role in documenting traumatic events and rapid response collecting, digital accessibility in museums, development strategies during a pandemic, and other timely topics. Offered the DEAI workshop series, Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Museums.

Organized in partnership with the Museum of Shenandoah Valley and facilitators Keonna Hendrick and Marrit Dewhurst, this three-part series brought together 40 museum professionals from across the southeast to learn and bring back DEAI training skills to their own institutions. Designed and produced a hybrid annual meeting with 40 onsite professional sessions and 20+ virtual sessions that continue to be available to all SEMC2021 attendees. With the expert event management of Hutchinson Design Group and critical financial support of the National Museum of African American History and Culture–Office of Strategic Partnerships as well as multiple industry partner sponsors, the SEMC2021 Hybrid Conference provided: •

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40 on-site sessions held at the Chattanooga Convention Center and 20 virtual sessions offered on Zoom via PheedLoop. In addition, four on-site sessions and the 2021 Keynote address were live-streamed so those attending virtually could also access them. All virtual sessions were available to on-site attendees. All virtual sessions were recorded and available to SEMC2021 attendees. COVID protocols for on-site experiences included indoor and transportation mask requirements, socially distanced session rooms, a spacious EXPO hall with vendor booths set for social distancing and colored bracelets for attendees to wear to indicate their comfort level with social interaction. All on-site attendees were expected to be fully vaccinated. The PheedLoop platform was accessible to both in-person and virtual attendees to gather, post, network, and check out offerings from industry partners in the virtual Expo Hall. 27 different companies that provide services to

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museums were represented at the in-person 2021 Expo as well as booths showcasing SEMC2021 Publication Contest winners, the Tennessee Association of Museums, Arkansas Museums Association and American Association of State and Local History. 50 companies were represented in the Virtual Expo Hall. In-person attendees enjoyed evening events at Chattanooga museums and sites including the Tennessee Aquarium, Hunter Museum of American Art, Bessie Smith Cultural Center, and the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center. Additionally, sites including Ruby Falls, Rock City and Sculpture Fields welcomed SEMC attendees for special excursions both pre and post conference. We offered a history walking tour, a bike tour of Chattanooga, offsite workshops on exhibit review and DEAI planning as well as a tour of Chattanooga’s Riverfront that addressed the area’s complex history and the use of public art to heal and connect. The SEMC Equity and Inclusion Action Team met at the Convention Center, zoomed in virtual participants and created a webpage for SEMC2021 attendees seeking direction for diverse experiences and histories in Chattanooga. SEMC emerging museum professionals and mid-careers gathered to network and plan (both virtually and on-site). Attendees Facebooked, Tweeted, and took photographs to memorialize the year. SEMC now hosts a FLICKR page of Annual Meeting images which we will continue to add to. The 2021 Annual Meeting hosted 200 + speakers representing all types and sizes of museums, facets of the field and career levels. All virtual sessions offered closed captioning. Attendees filled out an evaluation form for

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each session as well as a post-conference evaluation. Data captured will inform future sessions and assist the 2022 Annual Meeting planning and SEMC Program Committee work. Members of the 2021 Program Committee served as “shepherds” for both virtual sessions and on-site sessions. In addition, Program Committee members managed on-site “watch parties” which gave those in Chattanooga an opportunity to watch virtual sessions together. SEMC awarded 10 in-person Travel Scholarships to cover the costs of registration and travel expenses. In addition, we offered 37 reduced-rate scholarships for those who needed assistance with registration costs. We had a total of 438 registered for the SEMC 2021 Hybrid Annual Meeting with 299 onsite at the Chattanooga Convention Center and 139 attending virtually.

Continued to offer monthly virtual happy hours for SEMC members to drop in, relax and laugh with friends (old and new) from across the region. C0-produced over 35 virtual programs focused on technology for museums in collaboration with the five regional museum organizations as part of the Museum Learning Hub/ Digital Empowerment Program from Small Museums. Four SEMC members/museums were featured in this national programming. Facilitated a formal evaluation of the Jekyll Island Management Institute in preparation for its relaunch in January 2023. Completed evaluation of the 2020 Leadership Institute and opened applications for the 2022 Leadership Institute.

SEMC Staff and Leadership In 2021 SEMC: Offered a paid internship to engage a student from Spelman College in the inner workings of running a museum professional organization and made efforts to establish relationships with other HBCUs in the region. Engaged more than 50 volunteers from across the region in projects from social media posts to editing virtual program transcripts to assisting on-site at the 2021 annual meeting. Hired the event management team from Hutchinson Design Group to assist SEMC staff with the 2021 Hybrid Annual Meeting. Added four new Council members with a wealth of experience that will continue to strengthen and diversify SEMC leadership. Facilitated the first-ever hybrid Council and Program Committee meetings in Chattanooga, TN. In collaboration with the entire SEMC Council, developed the first-ever SEMC Council Demographic Self-Study. The data captured in this internal self-study of the SEMC Council assisted the Nomination Committee in the ongoing development of a Council that reflects diverse viewpoints, backgrounds, skills, experiences, and expertise. By completing this survey, Council members affirmed commitment to equity, transparency, and creating a representative leadership base. The

purpose of the survey was to capture a snapshot of the demographics of the current SEMC Council and acknowledge that everyone brings personal and professional contacts and life experience to SEMC, placing the organization in a stronger position to plan, manage risk, make prudent decisions, and take full advantage of opportunities. A diverse Council helps to attract and retain other talented Council members - and be in touch with the needs of the SEMC membership. Participated in 2021 Museum Advocacy Day with representation from 12 southeastern states.

Communications In 2021, SEMC continued to

prioritize communication with the membership and worked to actively create a recognizable organizational “brand.” Produced a 2020 Annual Report and three editions (Winter/Spring, Summer, and Fall) of Inside SEMC in addition to the bi-weekly, redesigned E-News which highlights members, member institutions and corporate partners as well as SEMC affinity groups including the Equity and Inclusion Action Team. Enhanced SEMC’s branding with professionally designed marketing materials and a new suite of colorful graphics to ensure that SEMC offerings are easily recognizable. Highlighted the terrific work of 24 emerging and mid-career museum professionals in the SEMC Ones to Watch program which is featured in the E-News and across SEMC social media platforms bi-weekly.

Upcoming for 2022 We know the world will never stop throwing new challenges our way—and at SEMC we will continue to be ready to meet the moment and find new ways to assist our southeast museum community to explore its capacity as a profession, dig deep and find opportunities in life’s big challenges. It is essential for museums to continue to find ways to adapt to the current realities and think ahead to building a fundamentally different future. As 2020 and 2021 taught us, change can come quickly and powerfully. SEMC will be here to help our members continue to evolve as we build a different, more equitable future for our field and recognize this remarkable period in our shared history as a time that calls us all to bring our very best. We are quite literally writing history through countless acts and decisions we make every day. After a year of experimentation with hybrid events, we are planning for SEMC2022 to return to an in-person gathering in October 2022 at the Embassy Suites and Convention Center in Northwest Arkansas. While sessions will be on-site, we plan to offer live stream access to the 2022 Keynote Address and Award Recipient Roundtable and have encouraged panels to include virtual presenters in sessions. While we are hopeful for return to a fully in-person annual meeting, the safety of SEMC members will remain a top priority. If circumstances dictate, we know how to transition the conference to a fully virtual format. In the meantime, SEMC will continue to provide free, year-round programming for our members. Other exciting projects for 2022 include SEMC participation in the 2022 Virtual Museums Advocacy Day in February, a facilitated DEAI training for the SEMC Council at the March

mid-year meeting, a new structure and review process for the SEMC Program Committee, and the 2022 Leadership Institute in April, which will run as an in-person program in partnership with the Association of African American Museums. This year SEMC will also rebuild the Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI) faculty in preparation for the relaunch of JIMI in January 2023.

Onward Although pandemic uncertainties will remain ever-present in 2022, as an organization we now have real experience with the adjustments needed to manage events, professional networking, learning and engagement during COVID, and have hope for a productive, strategic, engaged year. Generous funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, the National Museum of African American History and Culture-Office of Strategic Partnership and loyal industry partners helped us through a very difficult 2020 and a transitional 2021, providing critical support to move the organization toward a sustainable future. SEMC is truly grateful for our partnerships and will continue to work hard to strategize and enact action steps that will benefit all SEMC members and strengthen museums and museum professionals in the southeast through education, creative collaborations that broaden narratives and connect these organizations to diverse communities. Continue to stay strong SEMC. The past two years have changed our course. Now we move forward. Onward. Respectfully, Zinnia Willits SEMC Executive Director

Thank You to Our 2021 Annual Meeting Sponsors and Supporters SEMC 2021 ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS Platinum Sponsor Conserv (Annual Meeting Lead Sponsor, Leadership Forum Lead Sponsor, 2021 Keynote/Business Meeting Lead Sponsor, Evening Events Lead Sponsor)

Riggs Ward (Annual Awards Luncheon) TimeLooper (Technology Track Sessions, Evening Events)

Gold Sponsors Chattanooga Tourism Company (Evening Events) Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (Evening Events) National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institute (Event Management, Evening Events)

Bronze Sponsors 10-31, Inc. (Resource Expo Receptions) Bonsai Fine Arts, Inc. (Volunteer T-shirts) Case Antiques Auctions and Appraisals (Director/Trustee Luncheon) Erco Lighting (Iced Tea Breaks) Monadnock Media (Resource Expo Receptions) OTJ Architects (Director/Trustee Luncheon) Our Fundraising Search (Resource Expo Receptions) Truist (Registration Table) William G. Pomeroy Foundation (Coffee Breaks)

Silver Sponsors Collector Systems (Tote bags) DeWitt Stern, A Division of Risk Strategies (Director/Trustee Reception) Exhibit Concepts (Lanyards, Resource Expo Opening Reception)

Annual Meeting Supporters Mary Miller (SEMC Council Legacy Reception) Marianne Kelsey, Book and Paper Conservator (General Conference Support) ReNewell Inc., Fine Art Conservation (General Conference Support)

SEMC 2021 ANNUAL MEETING HOSTS Bessie Smith Cultural Center Hunter Museum of American Art Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center Tennessee Aquarium Rock City Ruby Falls Sculpture Fields

SEMC 2021 ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBITORS *Virtual Expo Only 1220 Exhibits 10-31, Inc. American Association of State and Local History Arkansas Museums Association Available Light Boston Productions, Inc. Carolina Conservation Case Antiques: Auctions and Appraisals *CatalogIt Cinebar Productions, Inc. Chattanooga Tourism Company Collector Systems

Conserv *CSR Consulting Delta Designs DLR Group (Virtual Expo) *Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. ERCO Lighting Exhibit Concepts EXPLUS, Inc. Gaylord Goosepen Studio & Press *Healy Kohler Design *ISeeChange *Leaf Spring Consulting MBA Mila Walls Northeast Document Conservation Center *Our Fundraising Search Patterson Pope Riggs Ward Design Solid Light Southern Custom Exhibits Tennessee Association of Museums The Design Minds TimeLooper Tour Mate *Transport Consultants International Universal Fiber Optic Lighting Warner Museums *William G. Pomeroy Foundation *Willis Towers Watson – Fine Art, Jewelry, Specie

Thank You to Our Donors Annual Meeting

Endowment

10-31 Inc. Bonsai Fine Art Case Antiques Auctions and Appraisals Chattanooga Tourism Company Collector Systems Conserv Erco Lighting Exhibit Concepts DeWitt Stern Group Mary Miller Monadnock Media National Museum of African American History and Culture – Office of Strategic Partnerships OTJ Architects Our Fundraising Search Riggs Ward Design TimeLooper Warner Museums William G. Pomeroy Foundation

Alexander Benitez Charles (Tom) Butler David Butler Nathan Moehlmann R. Andrew Maass Graig Shaak Heather Marie Wells George Bassi Michael Hudson Darcie MacMahon

Annual Meeting Scholarships Scott Warren

General Operating Nicolle Bowling David Butler Institute of Museum and Library Services Transport Consultants International (SEMC intern sponsor) Matthew Davis William Eiland TimeLooper (SEMC mask sponsor) Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation R. Andrew Maass Katy Menne Michelle Schulte

Michael Scott Robert and Nancy Sullivan

Martha Battle Jackson Jekyll Island Management Institute Fund Elise LeCompte Jason Luker Lauren Virgo Michael Warren Heather Marie Wells

La Paglia Fund Carolyn Reams

Leadership Institute Elise LeCompte Rosalind Martin Michael Warren Heather Marie Wells

Thank You to Our Members Institutions 21c Museum Hotel Louisville A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery Adsmore Museum African American Military History Museum Aiken County Historical Museum Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium Alabama Department of Archives and History Alabama Music Hall of Fame Albany Museum of Art Aldie Mill & Mt. Zion Historic Parks Alexandria Museum of Art Altama Museum Amelia Island Museum of History Andrew Low House Museum Anniston Museum of Natural History Apopka Historical Society Appalachian State University Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Appleton Museum of Art Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Arkansas National Guard Museum Arlington Historic Houses Art Bridges Art Center Sarasota Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) Artis--Naples, The Baker Museum Asheville Art Museum Atlanta Contemporary

Atlanta History Center Augusta Museum of History Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia Bartow History Museum Beaches Museum Beauregard-Keyes House Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum Bessie Smith Cultural Center Birmingham Museum of Art Birthplace of Country Music Museum Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Booth Western Art Museum Burritt on the Mountain Caldwell Heritage Museum Calhoun County Museum Calico Rock Community Foundation Cameron Art Museum Cape Fear Museum of History and Science Carnegie Center for Art and History Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum Catawba Science Center Center for Puppetry Arts Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center Charlotte Museum of History Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Cherokee County Historical Society Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home Children’s Hands on Museum

City of Raleigh – Historic Resources and Museum Program Clemson University Clemson University’s Bob Campbell Geology Museum Coastal Georgia Historical Society Columbia Museum of Art Computer Museum of America Cook Museum of Natural Science Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Creative Discovery Museum Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Culture & Heritage Museums Curtiss Mansion, Inc. Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Dade Heritage Trust Daura Gallery - University of Lynchburg David J. Sencer CDC Museum DeKalb History Center Department of Historic Museums, Georgia College Discovery Park of America, Inc. Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, NCDCR Drayton Hall Drexel University Dunedin Fine Art Center Earl Scruggs Center East Tennessee Historical Society Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University Flagler Museum Florence County Museum Florida CraftArt Florida Museum of Natural History Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Folk Pottery Museums of NE GA, Sautee Nacoochee Cultural Center Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Friends of Cassidy Park Museums Frist Art Museum Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt University Gaston County Museum of Art & History

Georgia Southern University Museum Gibbes Museum of Art Greenville County Museum of Art Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Hampton University Museum Henry B. Plant Museum Hermann-Grima & Gallier Historic Houses Hickory Museum of Art High Museum of Art High Point Museum Hilliard Art Museum University of Louisiana at Lafayette Hills & Dales Estate Historic Arkansas Museum Historic Augusta, Inc. Historic Columbia Foundation Historic Dumfries Virginia & The Weems-Botts Museum Historic Natchez Foundation Historic New Orleans Collection Historic Oakland Foundation Historic Paris-Bourbon County/Hopewell Museum Historic Rosedale Plantation Historical Society of Martin County History Fort Lauderdale History Miami History Museum of Mobile Horry County Museum Hunter Museum of American Art Huntington Museum of Art Huntsville Museum of Art International Civil Rights Center & Museum International Museum of the Horse International Towing & Recovery Museum Iredell Museums Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum Kennesaw State University – Museums, Archives & Rare Books Kentucky Department of Parks

Kentucky Derby Museum Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum, Inc KMAC Museum Knox Heritage & Historic Westwood Knoxville Museum of Art LaGrange Art Museum Lake Wales History Museum Lam Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Lodge Cast Iron Longue Vue House and Gardens Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Louisiana Art & Science Museum Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Louisiana State Museum Louisiana State University Museum of Art Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Magnolia Mound Plantation Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College Mandarin Museum & Historical Society Marietta Museum of History Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Marine Corps Museum Parris Island 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 Mennello Museum of American Art Metal Museum Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Middle Tennessee State University Middleton Place Foundation Mint Museum Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Mississippi Department of Archives and History Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc. Mississippi Museum of Art

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Mobile Museum of Art MOCA Jacksonville Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Morris Museum of Art Morse Museum of American Art Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum MoSH (Museum of Science and History) – Pink Palace Muscarelle Museum of Art Museum Center at 5ive Points Museum of Art - DeLand Museum of Arts & Sciences Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Museum of Design Atlanta Museum of Durham History Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Museum of the Cherokee Indian Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Museum of the Southeast American Indian Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience National Center for Civil and Human Rights National Civil Rights Museum National Museum of the Marine Corps National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force National Sporting Library & Museum North Carolina African American Heritage Commission North Carolina Museum of History Oak Alley Foundation 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, Inc. Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Paul W. Bryant Museum PIHMS Pinellas County Historical Society/Heritage Village Polk Museum of Art President James K Polk Home & Museum President James K. Polk State Historic Site/NC Dept of Natural & Cultural Resources Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection Reynolda House Museum of American Art Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking Sarasota Art Museum Savannah River Site Museum SC Confederate Relic Room & Museum SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film Schiele Museum Sculpture Fields at Montague Park Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center South Boston – Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History South Carolina State Museum Southern Poverty Law Center Spartanburg Art Museum Sumter County Museum Swannanoa Valley Museum Swope Art Museum Tampa Baseball Museum at the Al Lopez House Tampa Bay History Center Tampa Museum of Art Inc Taubman Museum of Art Telfair Museums Tellus Science Museum Tennessee State Museum Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum The Museum The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for the Visual Arts, Pensacola State College The Bass Museum of Art The Charleston Museum The Chrysler Museum of Art The Columbus Museum

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens The Dixon Gallery & Gardens The Florida Holocaust Museum The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia The Parthenon The Ralph Foster Museum The Speed Art Museum The Whitney Institute & Whitney Plantation Museum The Wolfsonian - FIU Thomas County Historical Society Thronateeska Heritage Foundation, Inc. Tryon Palace Tubman Museum Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society Union County Heritage Museum University of Alabama Museums University of Mississippi Museum & Historic Houses University of Richmond Museums Upcountry History Museum – Furman University Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Vero Beach Museum of Art Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Vulcan Park and Museum Walter Anderson Museum of Art Washington and Lee University Waterworks Visual Arts Center Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. West Baton Rouge Museum West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History Western Carolina University Wetzel County Museum Whalehead in Historic Corolla William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College Wiregrass Museum of Art

Corporate Members Business Associates Atelier 4 Available Light Banks Creative Blair, Inc Creative Arts Unlimited CSR-Consulting, Solutions, Results Crystalizations Systems Inc DaVinci Development Collaborative, LLC Haizlip Studio Helms Briscoe Hutchinson Design Group ISeeChange Leaf Spring Consulting NMBL Strategies Willis Towers Watson – Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie Your Heritage Matters Zone Display Cases Corporate Friends 10-31-MuseumRails 1220 Exhibits, Inc. Atelier 4 BPI Carolina Conservation Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals CatalogIt Cinebar Productions, Inc.

Collector Systems, LLC DeWitt Stern DLR Group Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. ERCO Lighting, Inc. Exhibit Concepts, Inc. Frina Design HealyKohler Design Interactive Knowledge MBA Design & Display Products Monadnock Media, Inc. OTJ Architects Our Fundraising Search Patterson Pope, Inc. Riggs Ward Design Solid Light, Inc StoryFile, Inc. Studio Art Quilt Associates The Design Minds, Inc Time Looper Tour-Mate Systems Transport Consultants International Universal Fiber Optic Lighting USA, LLC William G. Pomeroy Foundation

Corporate Partners Conserv Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution

SEMC Council Heather Marie Wells President

Scott Alvey

heathermarie.wells@crystalbridges.org

scott.alvey@ky.gov

Digital Media Project Manager, Crystal

Director, Kentucky Historical Society,

Bridges Museum of American Art,

Frankfurt, KY

Bentonville, AR Matthew S. Davis Vice President

Glenna Barlow

matt.davis@gcsu.edu

gbarlow@columbiamuseum.org

Director of Historic Museums,

Curator of Education,

Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA

Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC

Deitrah J. Taylor Secretary

Dr. Alexander V. Benitez

dtaylorhistorian@gmail.com

avbenitez@ua.edu

Public Historian,

Director of Museums and Tourism,

Milledgeville, GA

City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA

Robin Reed Treasurer

Nancy Fields

rereed10@gmail.com

Nancy.fields@uncp.edu

Museum Administrator (retired),

Director and Curator, The Museum

Fort Monroe, VA

of the Southeast American Indian, Pembroke, NC

Darcie MacMahon Past President

Brigette Janea Jones

dmacmahon@flmnh.ufl.edu

brigettejones60@yahoo.com

Director of Exhibits & Public Programs,

Director of Equitable Partnerships,

Florida Museum of Natural History,

Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery,

Gainesville, FL

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