Resource Room

Organizational Operations

StEPs-UT Workshop Series

Partnership between Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Utah Humanities, and Utah Division of State History based on the AASLH Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) to offer training and resources in six areas of organizational operations. Workshop materials are open source for educational use.
Small Museum Toolkit

Set of six books from Alta Mira Press: Book One – Leadership, Mission, and Governance; Book Two – Financial Resource Development and Management; Book Three – Organizational Management; Book Four – Reaching and Responding to the Audience; Book Five – Interpretation: Education, Programs, and Exhibits; Book Six – Stewardship: Collections and Historic Preservation.
Board Source

Nonprofit boards play a critical role in overseeing their organization's mission, finance, and strategic direction. Find trainings, online publications, and other resources (many of them free) to help your museum.
The Participatory Museum

Practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. Book by Nina Simon available for purchase and download.
Thinking about Starting a Museum?

A discussion guide and workbook on museums and heritage projects from Museums Alberta that provides an overview of museum functions and required resources, as well as tools for identifying goals and needs.