Boca Raton Museum Announces Re-Accreditation by American Association of Museums

Boca Raton, FL – The Boca Raton Museum of Art is pleased to announce that it was awarded re-accreditation by the American Association of Museums. Accredited status from AAM is the highest national recognition achievable by an American museum. Of the nation’s estimated 17,500 museums, 778 are currently accredited.

 

Accreditation recognizes high standards in individual museums and ensures that these organizations continue to uphold their public trust. Developed and sustained by museum professionals for more than 35 years, AAM’s museum accreditation program is the field’s primary vehicle for quality assurance, self-regulation and public accountability.

 

“The Boca Raton Museum of Art takes great pride in achieving reaccreditation by the American Association of Museums,” said George Bolge, Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art. “This recognition is a reflection of the quality of work performed at the Museum on a daily basis and our institution’s continued drive to provide outstanding exhibitions and valuable educational programming and resources for our community and beyond.”

 

To best serve their communities, it is essential that museums be committed to institutional improvement, maintaining the highest standards in collections stewardship, governance, institutional planning, ethics, education and interpretation and risk management.

 

“The communities served by these institutions can take pride in knowing that they have in (their) midst one of the country’s top museums,” said Ford W. Bell, AAM president.

 

While the time to complete the process varies by museum, it can take as much as three years. For more information about AAM and the Accreditation Program, including a complete list of accredited museums, please visit www.aam-us.org.

 

The Boca Raton Museum of Art has evolved into one of the leading cultural institutions in South Florida. The Museum’s multi-cultural Permanent Collection of more than 4,000 works of modern and contemporary American and European art, 20^th-century African Tribal and Pre-Columbian Indian art and artifacts, along with changing exhibitions of national and international importance serve as an out-of-the-ordinary backdrop for any occasion.

 

The Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday and Sunday noon – 5pm.  Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (65 and older), $4 per person for group tours and $4 for students. For more information call 561.392.2500 or visit www.bocamuseum.org.

 

The American Association of Museums has been bringing museums together since 1906, helping to develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge, and providing advocacy on issues of concern to the entire museum community. With more than 15,000 individual, 3,000 institutional and 300 corporate members, AAM is dedicated to ensuring that museums remain a vital part of the American landscape, connecting people with the greatest achievements of the human experience, past, present and future. For more information, visit www.aam-us.org.