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The mission of Tomaquag Museum is to educate the public and promote thoughtful dialogue regarding Indigenous history, culture, arts, and Mother Earth and connect to Native issues of today.

The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public.

The Center for Book Arts promotes active explorations of both contemporary and traditional artistic practices related to the book as an art object. The Center seeks to facilitate communication between the book arts community and the larger spheres of contemporary visual and literary arts, while being a model organization locally, nationally, and internationally within the field. We achieve this through exhibitions, classes, public programming, literary presentations, opportunities for artists and writers, publications, and collecting. Founded in 1974 and still located in Manhattan, it was the first not-for-profit organization of its kind in the nation, and has since become a model for others around the world.

PortSide is a living lab for better urban waterways. PortSide NewYork brings WaterStories to life.

The Smithsonian's mission is "the increase and diffusion of knowledge." It was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson. The Institution is as an independent trust instrumentality of the United States and holds more than 137 million artifacts and specimens in its collections. It is a center for scientific research and scholarship in the arts, history, and culture.

The mission of the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) is to enhance verbal and visual literacy in children by celebrating the best original art published in children's literature. The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature exhibits, tours, collects, preserves and promotes original art from the finest children’s literature.

The Senator John Heinz History Center* is an educational institution that engages, informs, and inspires large and diverse audiences through museum, virtual, and outreach programs enabling links to the past, understanding in the present, and guidance for the future while preserving regional history and presenting the American experience with a Western Pennsylvania connection.This work is accomplished in partnership with others through archaeology, artifact collections, broadcast media and the internet, conservation, educational programs, exhibitions, events, library & archives, museums, performance, publications, products, research, and technical assistance.(Approved by the Board of Trustees, July 14, 2016)* NOTE: The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, founded in 1879, today does business as the Senator John Heinz History Center, which includes the Detre Library & Archives, Fort Pitt Museum, Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, and the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.

The Mission Statement of the Pan Am Museum Foundation, “to educate, celebrate,and inspire present and future generations by preserving historical and diverse personal stories of Pan American World Airways,” shows its commitment to inclusivity, diversity, and equity. The Pan Am Museum Foundation was formed in August of 2015 as a not-for-profit registered 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving Pan Am's legacy. The Museum opened to the public in 2016 in Garden City, New York.

Asian Art Museum Foundation supports Asian Art Museum's mission is to lead a diverse global audience in discovering the unique material, aesthetic, and intellectual achievements of Asian art and culture.

PROVIDE MUSEUM AND CULTURE CENTER FOR CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY AND FOR VISITORS TO THE AREA

Old Cowtown Museum is an educational institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of Wichita from 1865 to 1880. The sole mission of Historic Wichita Cowtown Inc. is to support the museum.

Provide and promote diverse visual arts experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds through exhibition, education, creation, and collaboration; and preserve the Museum's permanent collection as an artistic legacy of the California Central Coast.