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Field Guide (Available Spring 2009)

“The Japanese American National Museum has set a model not achieved by many other institutions through actively engaging outside communities in its work; this is an exciting prospect and model which should be shared with other museums across the country.”
Institute of Museum Library Services Assessment Report, 1994

As competition for funding resources remains high across the nation, the need for collaborating with other organizations and communities continues to be an urgent requirement for the museum field. Since its inception, the Japanese American National Museum has developed and been recognized for its strategic collaborative approach in the execution of its major projects, exhibitions, and programming. A major component of the Enduring Communities project includes the creation of a partnership field guide and DVD about strategies employed to establish and sustain similar partnerships so that peer institutions may replicate and build upon this methodology. This practical publication will be shared with scholars, teachers, community members, students, and educational and cultural institutions across the nation.

Once completed, this partnership field guide and DVD will become pieces to Common Ground: The Japanese American National Museum and the Culture of Collaborations.

For more information, contact ec@janm.org.