Heritance
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Target demographics: Community-based museums world-wide, often in regions afflicted by poverty, disease or strife—currently including museums in Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, France.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 18-24 museums and their stakeholders -- staff, volunteers, board members, international specialists who do research on their collections.
Geographic areas served: International
Mission:
Heritance coordinates a network of museum professionals who provide skills, knowledge, and services free of charge to museums in some of the poorest and most remote regions of the globe. To read our executive summary: http://www.heritance.org/corpdocs/Heritance_ExecutiveSummary_071106.pdf
Results:
Heritance has established partnerships with over 20 museums on four continents and an international network of museum professionals who have delivered a full-range of technical and financial services free of charge to museums.
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christiane.eckert@hotmail.fr
04/07/08
je suis Christiane Eckert de Maya Solidarité et grâce àl'aide
de Héritance et surtout de Jean Bermon qui est venu sur place àSan Cristobal au Mexique où il a analysé la situation du musée de costumes traditionnels du Chiapas de Sergio Castro...
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Heather
01/15/08
The Missisquoi Museum, a small non-profit organization in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, first encountered Heritance in late 2006. The Heritance team were described to us a "museologists without borders". As we have been struggling for years with falling attendance, a lack of focus and direction, ...
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Suzanne
01/07/08
Pure intention, transparency, passion, dedication, willingness to grow and incorporate new approaches... this organization from it's inception has been extraordinary. Helmed by a brilliant and committed woman, great work is already happening around the globe and developing geometrically. I have ...
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