The Oklahoma Museums Association, a non-profit organization, recently received a capacity building grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation in the amount of $3294 to support the development of a membership marketing plan and campaign targeting museums that are not members of OMA.  Currently, the Oklahoma Museums Association has over 400+ members.  OMA is considered to be one of the most active museum associations in the country.

Increased membership will allow OMA to continue to expand and improve as the primary provider of museum related programming and training, by reaching more Oklahoma museums, and having additional revenues to support OMA programming.  These programs offered by OMA are an important source of professional development training and information to Oklahoma's museums and cultural institutions. OMA offers programs and services that meet the following goals: 1) provide professional services to Oklahoma museums; 2) build networks among members and between OMA and potential partnering agencies and organizations; 3) promote professional growth among museum staff and volunteers; 4) encourage public awareness of the value of museums, and 5) serve as an advocate throughout the state on behalf of museums. These goals help OMA fulfill its mission to support Oklahoma museums in their efforts to educate, inform and entertain. Increased membership will allow OMA to better serve the Oklahoma museum community.

For membership information, or information on OMA programs and services, visit http://www.okmuseums.org/ or call 405.424.7757. 

The Oklahoma Museums Association is the primary provider of training and information for 300+ museums and historical societies across the state.  It is headquartered at the Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City and is supported in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council.  For more information, contact OMA at 405.424.7757.

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation, the metropolitan area's non-profit public charity, was founded in 1969 to work with individuals to meet the charitable needs of the community through the development and administration of permanent endowment funds for non-profit organizations, scholarships and other charities.  Through its Community Program Grants, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation funds, initiates and leads programs that benefit the community in the areas of arts, education, health and human services, beautification and community development.  For more information of OCCF, contact Cathy Nestlen at 405.606.2913.