Volunteering for and supporting museums since 1989
The USFFM was founded in 1989 as the US member of the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM), and participates actively in annual WFFM Council Meetings, Regional Meetings and in the Triennial Congresses.
The term FRIENDS refers to all volunteer museum groups such as donors, trustees, docents, women's committees and others.
The USFFM is a non-profit organization supported entirely by dues and private contributions.
Purpose
To encourage volunteer efforts for museums to facilitate an exchange of information among FRIENDS organizations, both nationally and internationally.
Small Museum Grant Recipients 2017
Each year, the USFFM distributes grants to a group of small museums in the united states.
The winners of the 2017 grants each received $2,500.
Washington school for the deaf alumnae association (Vancouver, Washington)
Used grant for a plaque, scanners, and document holders.
FalMOUTH MUSEUMS on the green (Falmouth, Massachusetts)
Used grant to benefit lecture series on Women in History.
Historic Newton (Newton, MASSACHUSETTs)
Used grant to support a program about immigration including artifacts brought by students to promote investigations for reasons to immigrate to Newton, MA.
Dr. Mattie Mcglothen library museum (Richmond, california)
Used grant to support ‘Connecting our History’ through a Senior Oral Book project requiring printing and publishing.
“In the United States associations are established to promote public order, commerce, industry, morality, and religion; for there is no end which the human will, seconded by the collective exertions of individuals, despairs of attaining.”
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