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MNA's mission is to inspire a sense of love and responsibility for the beauty and diversity of the Colorado Plateau through collecting, studying, interpreting and preserving the region's natural and cultural heritage. MNA is a significant educational, collections and research institution that serves a diverse local community and a national and international audience united by a desire to learn about the Colorado Plateau. Since its founding, MNA has been a committed resource and partner to native communities and has filled a need for meaningful interaction between native and non-native communities.

To support and celebrate the visual artist, from the aspiring to the professional.

The Museum of Northwest Art collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits art created in the Pacific Northwest, supports artists, and strives to integrate art into the lives of all people.

The mission of the Milwaukee Public Museum is to inspire curiosity, excite minds, and increase desire to preserve and protect our world's natural and cultural diversity through exhibitions, educational programs, collections, and research.

The mission of the Nashville Steam Preservation Society is to preserve our history by restoring and operating relevant historic railroad equipment for the purpose of education, tourism, and goodwill to and for Metro Nashville and the State of Tennessee.

TO SUPPORT & PRESERVE THE WAY OF LIFE OF COASTAL MARITIME COMMUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL COASTAL REGION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

To provide bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history.

The Nevada Museum of Art provides a forum for the presentation of creative ideas. We aspire to serve as a cultural resource for every member of our community. Through innovative programming and scholarship, the Museum provides the opportunity for people of all ages to encounter, engage, and enjoy a diversity of art experiences. To implement this mission we concentrate on four areas: Collections which reflect five focus areas centered on the aesthetic articulation of our land and environment; Education programs to stimulate artistic development for adults and children; Exhibitions including original documentation and scholarship of regional, national, and international impact related to the collections and educational missions of the NMA; Community Outreach through special events, new audience development, and social support to develop stronger ties to our community.

Preserve Long Island's maritime history and heritage for educational purposes; Purchase, collect, restore and preserve boats, vessels and related equipment having to do with the past and present maritime activities of Long Island, including but not limited to, shipbuilding, whaling, shellfishing, commercial and sport fishing, wildfowling, pleasure and competitive boating, watercraft and the ethnic heritage pertaining thereto; Restore, preserve, interpret, display and exhibit watercraft of historic interest, models of ships and of small craft, tools and implements of the marine crafts and trades, wildfowling decoys, paintings, prints, maps, charts and books, and displays featuring wildlife.

The Sciencenter is a hands-on science museum located in Ithaca, New York. Mission: Cultivate an engaged community of curious, collaborative, critical thinkers. Vision: A community where people use science as a way of understanding the world. At the Sciencenter, visitors can enjoy hands-on experiences related to science, technology, engineering, and math. The exhibits are designed to build science process skills and provide interactive experiences that explore topics such as the environment, climate change, astronomy, and the health of the oceans. Visitors can also explore the world around them with the help of live animals like reptiles and fish. Most of the exhibits are created in the Sciencenter’s fabrication shop by its team of exhibit developers.

THE MISSION OF THE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM IS TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ISAMU NOGUCHI'S ART AND LEGACY.THE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM SEEKS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE ISAMU NOGUCHI'S WORK AND ARCHIVES, AS WELL AS TO SUSTAIN HIS MUSEUM AS A PLACE FOR THE EXPLORATION OF INDIVIDUAL ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS AND CREATIVE COLLABORATION. THE MUSEUM ALSO AIMS TO EXPAND ON NOGUCHI'S LEGACY OF WIDE-RANGING INTERESTS AND INTIMATE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE THROUGH AN ACTIVE EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC-PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE, WHILE CONTINUING TO BROADEN HIS INFLUENCE AND RELEVANCE, FOCUSING ON HOW HIS WORK WILL INFORM CONTEMPORARY CULTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

The Mint Museum is a leading, innovative museum of international art and design committed to engaging and inspiring all members of our global community.