Lehigh University Art Galleries Selected for National Study Led by American Alliance of Museums

The initiative provides data collection strategies, technical training and collaborative learning opportunities to cohort members seeking to analyze their museums’ social contributions.

Following a competitive application process, Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG), represented by Stacie Brennan ’03, curator of education at LUAG, has been selected as a participant in the Museum Social Impact in Practice (MSIIP) cohort – a three-year initiative led by the American Alliance of Museums and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The initiative, which includes 40 participating museums from 25 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, provides data collection strategies, technical training and collaborative learning opportunities to cohort members seeking to analyze their museums’ social contributions. The only museum in Pennsylvania selected to participate, LUAG is also among only five academic museums nationwide that will join the research cohort.

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