A Higher Standard:

The Museum Accreditation Program

List of Accredited Museums
March 2014





AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS

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Washington, DC 20005
202/289-1818
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www.aam-us.org
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
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About the List of Accredited Museums

The following is a list (alphabetical by state) of institutions accredited by the American Alliance of
Museums, as of March 5, 2014. This list is only updated following each of the Accreditation
Commissions three annual meetings. A searchable version of this list and other information about the
AAM Museum Accreditation Program, including statistics about accredited museums, is available at
www.aam-us.org/accred. The museums listed are not necessarily Institutional Members of AAM.

Museums and the general public should contact the Accreditation staff at accreditation@aam-
us.org for information on the Accreditation Program or to confirm the information in this document.

Media and members of the press should contact the AAM Strategic Communications Department
at (202) 218-7704 for information related to this list or the Accreditation Program.

Confidentiality Information: The AAM does not disclose information regarding the details of the
listed museums accreditation. Any information about a museums application, status in the
accreditation review process, accreditation history, or accreditation dates can only be publicly
disclosed by the museum itself, at its discretion. Museums not on this list are not currently
accredited by the AAM; information regarding a non-accredited museums past or current
application or participation in the Accreditation Program, including if/when it was previously
accredited, is not disclosed by the AAM.

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)

AAM Accreditation Commission
The Accreditation Commission is an independent and autonomous body, designated by the AAM
Bylaws that is responsible for the ongoing administration of the Alliances accreditation program and
for rendering all decisions regarding accredited status. The Commissioners are individuals who have
experience and expertise in all areas of museum management and operation and represent the
spectrum of the museum field. All communication regarding the Accreditation Program should be
directed through the Accreditation Program staff (see below). The current Commissioners are:

Burt Logan, (Chair) Executive Director and CEO, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio
William Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art, Georgia
Andrew Masich, President & CEO, Senator John Heinz Center, Pennsylvania
Patricia Murphy, Executive Director, Oberlin Heritage Center, Ohio
Terrie Rouse, Chief Operating Officer, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta
Bonnie Styles, Director, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Mary Sue Sweeney Price, Former Director, The Newark Museum, New Jersey


AAM Accreditation Program Staff

Martha Sharma, Accreditation Program Officer
J ulie Hart, Senior Director, Standards & Excellence Programs

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
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Al abama
Anniston Museum of
Natural History
Anniston, AL

Birmingham Civil Rights
Institute
Birmingham, AL

Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art
Huntsville, AL

J ule Collins Smith Museum
of Fine Art at Auburn
University
Auburn, AL

Mobile Museum of Art
Mobile, AL

Montgomery Museum of
Fine Arts
Montgomery, AL


Al aska
Alaska State Museum
Juneau, AK
Sheldon J ackson
Museum,Sitka, AK

Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository
Kodiak, AK

Anchorage Museum at
Rasmuson Center
Anchorage, AK

The Pratt Museum, Homer
Society of Natural History
Homer, AK

Sheldon Museum and
Cultural Center
Haines, AK
University of Alaska
Museum of the North
Fairbanks, AK


Arizona
Arizona Historical Society
Museum, Southern
Arizona Division
Downtown History
Museum
Fort Lowell Museum
Sosa-Carrillo-Frmont
House Museum
Tucson, AZ

Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Boyce Thompson
Southwestern Arboretum
Superior, AZ

Desert Botanical Garden
Phoenix, AZ

Desert Caballeros
Western Museum
Wickenburg, AZ

The Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ

Museum of Northern
Arizona
Flagstaff, AZ

Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix, AZ

Pueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix, AZ

Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art
Scottsdale, AZ

Sharlot Hall Museum,
Prescott Historical Society
Prescott, AZ
Tucson Museum and Historic
Block
Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona
Museum of Art
Tucson, AZ

Arkansas
The Arkansas Arts Center
Little Rock, AR

Arkansas State University
Museum
Jonesboro, AR

The Arts and Science Center
for Southeast Arkansas
Pine Bluff, AR

Historic Arkansas Museum
Little Rock, AR

Museum of Discovery
Little Rock, AR

Old State House
Little Rock, AR

Rogers Historical Museum
Rogers, AR


California
Art, Design & Architecture
Museum, University of
California
Santa Barbara, CA

Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, CA

Autry National Center of the
American West
Autry National Center
Southwest Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Bakersfield Museum of Art
Bakersfield, CA

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
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Berkeley Art Museum and
Pacific Film Archive,
University of California
Berkeley, CA

Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA

California Academy of
Sciences
San Francisco, CA

California Science Center
Los Angeles, CA

Chula Vista Nature Center
Chula Vista, CA

Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA

De Saisset Gallery and
Museum, Santa Clara
University
Santa Clara, CA

Descanso Gardens
La Caada, CA

Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco
M.H. de Young Memorial
Museum
California Palace of the
Legion of Honor
San Francisco, CA

Fresno Art Museum
Fresno, CA

Haggin Museum
Stockton, CA

Hearst Art Gallery, St.
Marys College
Moraga, CA

Hearst San Simeon State
Historical Monument
(Hearst Castle)
San Simeon, CA
History San J ose
San Jose, CA

J . Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, CA
Getty Villa, Pacific
Palisades

J apanese American
National Museum
Los Angeles, CA

The Lindsay Wildlife
Museum
Walnut Creek, CA

Long Beach Museum of
Art
Long Beach, CA

Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Zoo and
Botanical Gardens
Los Angeles, CA

March Field Air Museum
March Air Reserve
Base, CA

Mingei International
Museum
San Diego, CA

Monterey Museum of Art
Monterey, CA

The Museum of
Contemporary Art Los
Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Contemporary
Art, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Museum of Photographic
Arts
San Diego, CA
Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County
George C. Page Museum of
La Brea Discoveries
William S. Hart Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Oakland Museum of
California
Oakland, CA

Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena, CA

Pacific Grove Museum of
Natural History
Pacific Grove, CA

Palm Springs Desert
Museum
Palm Springs, CA

Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California
Berkeley, CA

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic
Garden at Claremont
Claremont, CA

Raymond M. Alf Museum of
Paleontology
Claremont, CA

Riverside Metropolitan
Museum
Riverside, CA

Robert and Frances Fullerton
Museum of Art (RAFFMA)
Cal State San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA

San Bernardino County
Museum and Historic Sites
Redlands, CA

San Diego Aerospace
Museum
San Diego, CA

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
5
San Diego Model Railroad
Museum
San Diego, CA

San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, CA

San Diego Museum of Man
San Diego, CA

San Diego Natural History
Museum
San Diego, CA

San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
San Diego, CA

San Francisco Airport
Museums
San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Maritime
National Historical Park,
National Park Service
San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art
San Francisco, CA

San J oaquin County
Historical Museum
Lodi, CA

San J ose Museum of Art
San Jose, CA

San Mateo County
Historical Museum
Redwood City, CA
Sanchez Adobe Historic
Site, Pacifica, CA
Woodside Store,
Woodside, CA

Santa Barbara Botanic
Garden
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of
Art
Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History
Ty Warner Sea Center
Santa Barbara, CA

University Art Museum,
California State University
Long Beach, CA

USC Fisher Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA


Colorado
Aspen Art Museum
Aspen, CO

Colorado Springs Fine
Arts Center
Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs Pioneers
Museum
Colorado Springs, CO

Denver Art Museum
Denver, CO

Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver, CO

Denver Museum of Nature
and Science
Denver, CO

History Colorado
Denver, CO
History Colorado Center,
Denver
Byers-Evans House
Museum, Denver
El Pueblo History
Museum, Pueblo
Fort Garland Museum &
Pikes Stockade, Pueblo
Georgetown Loop Historic
Mining and Railroad Park,
Georgetown, CO
Healy House Museum &
Dexter Cabin, Leadville, CO
Ute Indian Museum,
Montrose, CO

Littleton Historical Museum
Littleton, CO

Loveland Museum and
Gallery
Loveland, CO

Museum of Western
Colorado
Grand Junction, CO
Cross Orchards Historic
Farm
Museum of the West
Dinosaur J ourney Museum,
Fruita, CO

Sangre de Cristo Arts and
Conference Center
Pueblo, CO

University of Colorado
Museum of Natural History
Boulder, CO

Western Museum of Mining
and Industry
Colorado Springs, CO


Connecticut
Aldrich Contemporary Art
Museum
Ridgefield, CT

The Bruce Museum of Arts
and Science
Greenwich, CT

Connecticut River Museum
Essex, CT

Earthplace: The Nature
Discovery Center
Westport, CT
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
6
Florence Griswold
Museum, Lyme Historical
Society
Old Lyme, CT

Harriet Beecher Stowe
Center
Hartford, CT

Hill-Stead Museum
Farmington, CT

Historical Society of the
Town of Greenwich, Bush-
Holley Historic Site
Cos Cob, CT

Historic New England
Bowen House,
Woodstock, CT
See also listings under MA,
ME, NH

Litchfield Historical Society
Museum
Litchfield, CT

Lyman Allyn Art Museum
New London, CT

The Mark Twain House
Hartford, CT

Mattatuck Museum
Waterbury, CT

Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT

New Britain Museum of
American Art
New Britain, CT

Noah Webster House:
Museum of West Hartford
History
West Hartford, CT

Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale
University
New Haven, CT
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT

Webb-Deane-Stevens
Museum, National Society
of the Colonial Dames of
America
Wethersfield, CT

Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, CT


Delaware
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE

The Hagley Museum and
Library
Wilmington, DE

Winterthur Museum &
Country Estate
Winterthur, DE


District of Columbia
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, DC

Daughters of the American
Revolution Museum
Washington, DC

Dumbarton House
Washington, DC

Freer Gallery of Art &
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

Frederick Douglass
National Historic Site,
National Park Service
Washington, DC

Hillwood Museum
Washington, DC
National Air and Space
Museum, Smithsonian
Institution
Washington, DC
See also listings under VA

National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC

National Museum of African
Art, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

National Museum of the
American Indian,
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
See also listing under NY

National Museum of
American History,
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian
Institution
Washington, DC

National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

The Navy Museum
Washington, DC

The Phillips Collection
Washington, DC

Smithsonian American Art
Museum and Renwick
Gallery
Washington, DC

Smithsonian Gardens
Washington, DC

The Textile Museum
Washington, DC

United States Botanic Garden
Washington, DC
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
7

United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum
Washington, DC

The White House, National
Park Service
Washington, DC

Woodrow Wilson House,
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Washington, DC


Florida
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
Clewiston, FL

Appleton Museum of Art
Ocala, FL

Bailey-Matthews Shell
Museum
Sanibel, FL

Bass Museum of Art
Miami Beach, FL

Boca Raton Museum of Art
Boca Raton, FL

Bonnet House Museum &
Gardens
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

The Cummer Museum of
Art and Gardens
Jacksonville, FL

Florida Holocaust Museum
St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Museum of Natural
History
Gainesville, FL

Florida State University
Museum of Fine Arts
Tallahassee, FL

Frost Art Museum
Miami, FL
Cornell Fine Arts Museum
Winter Park, FL

Great Explorations
Childrens Museum
St. Petersburg, FL

Gulf Coast Heritage
Association, Historic
Spanish Point
Osprey, FL

Henry B. Plant Museum
Tampa, FL

Henry Morrison Flagler
Museum
Palm Beach, FL

HistoryMiami
Miami, FL

J ewish Museum of Florida
Miami Beach, FL

J ohn and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art, Florida
State University
Sarasota, FL

Leepa-Rattner Museum of
Art
Tarpon Springs, FL

Lowe Art Museum,
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Marie Selby Botanical
Gardens
Sarasota, FL

Mel Fisher Maritime
Heritage Society
Key West, FL

Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL
Miami Museum of Science
Miami, FL

The Morikami Museum and
J apanese Gardens
Delray Beach, FL

Museum of Art
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Museum of Contemporary Art
North Miami, FL

Museum of Arts & Sciences
Daytona Beach, FL

Museum of Discovery and
Science
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Museum of Fine Arts of St.
Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, FL

Museum of Florida History
Knott House Museum
Tallahassee, FL

Museum of Science & History
of J acksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Museum of Science and
Industry
Tampa, FL

National Museum of Naval
Aviation, U.S. Dept. of the
Navy
Pensacola, FL

Norton Museum of Art
West Palm Beach, FL

Orange County Regional
History Center
Orlando, FL

Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando, FL

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
8
Orlando Science Center
Orlando, FL

Pensacola Museum of Art
Pensacola, FL

Polk Museum of Art
Lakeland, FL
Salvador Dali Museum
St. Petersburg, FL

Samuel P. Harn Museum
of Art, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

The Society of the Four
Arts
Palm Beach, FL

Tallahassee Museum of
History & Natural Science
Tallahassee, FL

Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, FL

University of South Florida
Contemporary Art Museum
Tampa, FL

Vero Beach Museum of Art
Vero Beach, FL

Vizcaya Museum and
Gardens
Miami, FL

The Wolfsonian-FIU,
Florida International
University
Miami Beach, FL

Young At Art Childrens
Museum
Davie, FL


Georgia
Albany Museum of Art
Albany, GA
Andersonville National
Historic Site
Andersonville, GA

Atlanta History Center,
Atlanta Historical Society,
Atlanta, GA

Augusta Museum of
History
Augusta, GA

Coastal Georgia Historical
Society
Maritime Museum at the
Historic Coast Guard
Station
St. Simons Island
Lighthouse Museum
St. Simons Island, GA

The Columbus Museum
Columbus, GA

Fernbank Museum of
Natural History
Atlanta, GA

Georgia Museum of Art,
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Georgia Southern
University Museum
Statesboro, GA

High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA

Michael C. Carlos
Museum, Emory University
Atlanta, GA

The Museum of Arts &
Sciences
Macon, GA

Museum of Aviation
Warner Robins AFB, GA

Old Governors Mansion
Milledgeville, GA
Telfair Museum of Art
J epson Center
Owens-Thomas House
Savannah, GA

Hawaii
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Honolulu, HI

Hawaiian Mission Houses
Historic Site and Archives
Honolulu, HI

Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI

Iolani Palace
Honolulu, HI

Lyman Museum
Hilo, HI


Idaho
Boise Art Museum
Boise, ID

The Herrett Center for Arts
and Science, College of
Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID

Idaho Museum of Natural
History, Idaho State
University
Pocatello, ID

Idaho State Historical
Museum
Boise, ID

Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Sun Valley, ID


Illinois
Adler Planetarium
Chicago, IL

The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
9
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, IL

Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL


Clarke House Museum
Chicago, IL

The David & Alfred Smart
Museum of Art, University
of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Museum of Grand Prairie
Mahomet, IL

Field Museum of Natural
History
Chicago, IL

Frank Lloyd Wright
Preservation Trust
Oak Park, IL

Glessner House Museum:
A National Historic
Landmark
Chicago, IL

Illinois State Museum
Springfield, IL
Chicago Gallery
Chicago
Dickson Mounds
Museum, Lewistown
Lockport Gallery, Lockport
Southern Illinois Art and
Artisans Center,
Whittington

Krannert Art Museum and
Kinkead Pavilion,
Champaign, IL

Lake County Discovery
Museum, Lake County
Forest Preserves
Wauconda, IL
Loyola University Museum
of Art
Chicago, IL

McLean County Museum
of History
Bloomington, IL

Mary and Leigh Block
Museum of Art
Evanston, IL

Morton Arboretum
Lisle, IL

Museum of Contemporary
Art
Chicago, IL

Museum of Contemporary
Photography, Columbia
College
Chicago, IL

Museum of Science and
Industry
Chicago, IL

Naper Settlement
Naperville, IL

National Museum of
Mexican Art
Chicago, IL

Peggy Notebaert Nature
Museum at the Chicago
Academy of Sciences
Chicago, IL

Peoria Riverfront Museum
Peoria, IL

Southern Illinois University
Museum
Carbondale, IL

Tarble Arts Center,
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL
William R. and Clarice V.
Spurlock Museum
Urbana, IL


Indiana
Art Museum of Greater
Lafayette
Lafayette, IN

Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Automobile Museum
Auburn, IN

David Owsley Museum of Art,
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Childrens Museum of
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

Conner Prairie
Fishers, IN

Eiteljorg Museum of
American Indians and
Western Art
Indianapolis, IN

Evansville Museum of Arts,
History and Science
Evansville, IN

Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Fort Wayne, IN

Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN
Angel Mounds, Evansville
Lanier Mansion, Madison
T.C. Steele State Historic
Site, Nashville

Indiana University Art
Museum
Bloomington, IN

Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, IN

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
10
Indianapolis Zoo
Indianapolis, IN

President Benjamin
Harrison Home
Indianapolis, IN

Sheldon Swope Art Gallery
Terre Haute, IN

The Snite Museum of Art,
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

South Bend Regional
Museum of Art
South Bend, IN

Studebaker National
Museum
South Bend, IN

William Hammond Mathers
Museum, Indiana
University
Bloomington, IN


Iowa
Cedar Rapids Museum of
Art
Cedar Rapids, IA

Charles H. MacNider
Museum
Mason City, IA

Des Moines Art Center
Des Moines, IA

Dubuque County Historical
Society
Mathias Ham House
Historic Site
National Mississippi River
Museum & Aquarium
Old J ail Museum
Dubuque, IA

Dubuque Museum of Art
Dubuque, IA
Family Museum of Arts
and Science
Bettendorf, IA

Figge Museum of Art
Davenport, IA

Grout Museum District
Bluedorn Science
Imaginarium
Grout Museum of History &
Science
Iowa Veterans Museum
Rensselaer Russell House
Museum
Waterloo, IA

Muscatine Art Center
Muscatine, IA

Museum of Art, University
of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

National Czech & Slovak
Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids, IA

Putnam Museum of
History and Natural
Science
Davenport, IA

Sanford Museum and
Planetarium
Cherokee, IA

Science Center of Iowa
Des Moines, IA

Sioux City Art Center
Sioux City, IA

Sioux City Public Museum
Loren D. Callendar
Gallery
Sergeant Floyd River
Museum and Welcome
Center
Sioux City, IA
University Museums, Iowa
State University:
Brunnier Art Museum
Farm House Museum
Art-on-Campus Program
Ames, IA

Vesterheim, the Norwegian-
American Museum
Decorah, IA


Kansas
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of
Art, Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Frontier Army Museum,
U.S. Department of the Army
Fort Leavenworth, KS

Kansas Museum of History
Topeka, KS

Marianna Kistler Beach
Museum of Art, Kansas State
University
Manhattan, KS

Mulvane Art Museum,
Washburn University
Topeka, KS

Old Cowtown Museum
Wichita, KS

Salina Art Center
Salina, KS

Santa Fe Trail Center
Larned, KS

Smoky Hill Museum
Salina, KS

Spencer Museum of Art,
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Wichita Art Museum
Wichita, KS
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
11

Wichita-Sedgwick County
Historical Museum
Wichita, KS


Kentucky
Historic Locust Grove
Louisville, KY

Kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Louisville Zoo
Louisville, KY

Speed Art Museum
Louisville, KY

University of Kentucky Art
Museum
Lexington, KY


Louisiana
Alexandria Museum of Art
Alexandria, LA

Hermann-Grima & Gallier
Historic Houses
New Orleans, LA

Historic New Orleans
Collection
New Orleans, LA

Longue Vue House and
Gardens
New Orleans, LA

Louisiana Art and Science
Museum
Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana Old State
Capitol, Center for Political
and Governmental History
Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana State Museum
New Orleans, LA
The 1850 House
New Orleans
The Cabildo
New Orleans
Capitol Park Museum,
Baton Rouge
E.D. White Historic Site
Louisiana State Museum,
Thibodaux
Louisiana State Museum,
Patterson
Madame J ohns Legacy
New Orleans
The Old U.S. Mint
New Orleans
The Presbytere
New Orleans

Louisiana State University
Museum of Art
Baton Rouge, LA

Magnolia Mound
Plantation
Baton Rouge, LA

Meadows Museum of Art,
Centenary College of
Louisiana
Shreveport, LA

New Orleans Museum of
Art
New Orleans, LA

West Baton Rouge
Museum
Port Allen, LA


Maine
Bowdoin College Museum
of Art
Brunswick, ME

Brick Store Museum
Kennebunk, ME

Colby College Museum of
Art
Waterville, ME
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME

Historic New England
Hamilton House, South
Berwick, ME
See also listings under CT, MA,
NH
Maine Maritime Museum
Bath, ME

Maine State Museum
Augusta, ME

Peary-MacMillan Arctic
Museum, Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME

Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, ME

Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME


Maryland
Academy Art Museum
Easton, MD

The Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD

Calvert Marine Museum
Solomons, MD

Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum
Saint Michaels, MD

Clara Barton National Historic
Site, National Park Service
Glen Echo, MD

Elizabeth Myers Mitchell
Gallery
Annapolis, MD

Historical Society of Frederick
County
Frederick, MD

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
12
Historic Annapolis
Foundation
Historic Annapolis
Museum
Hogshead (The Barracks)
Waterfront Warehouse
William Paca House &
Garden
Annapolis, MD

Historic St. Marys City
St. Marys City, MD

The J ewish Museum of
Maryland, The J ewish
Historical Society of
Maryland
Baltimore, MD

National Museum of Civil
War Medicine
Frederick, MD

St. Marys County Museum
Division:
St. Clements Island-
Potomac River Museum
Piney Point Lighthouse
Museum and Park
Drayden African-American
Schoolhouse
U-115 Black Panther
Historic Shipwreck
Preserve
Coltons Point, MD

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, MD

Ward Museum of Wildfowl
Art, Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

Washington County
Museum of Fine Arts
Hagerstown, MD


Massachusetts
American Textile History
Museum
Lowell, MA
Andover Historical Society
Museum
Andover, MA

Boston Childrens Museum
Boston, MA

Concord Museum,
Concord, MA
Connecticut Valley
Historical Museum
Springfield, MA

DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park
Lincoln, MA

Gore Place
Waltham, MA

Fitchburg Art Museum
Fitchburg, MA

Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, MA

Garden in the Woods:
Botanical Garden of the
New England Wildflower
Society
Framingham, MA

Hancock Shaker Village
Pittsfield, MA

Harvard Art Museums:
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Fogg Art Museum
Cambridge, MA

Heritage Museums and
Gardens
Sandwich, MA

Historic Deerfield
Deerfield, MA

Historic New England
Boston, MA
Harrison Gray Otis House,
Boston, MA
Beauport, Gloucester, MA
Codman House, Lincoln, MA
Cogswells Grant, Essex, MA
Gropius House, Lincoln, MA
Lyman Estate, Waltham, MA
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm,
Newbury, MA
26 additional historic properties
across 5 states
See also listings under CT, ME,
NH

Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA

Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum
Boston, MA

The J ackson Homestead
Newton, MA

Mead Art Museum, Amherst
College
Amherst, MA

The MIT Museum,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Cambridge, MA

MIT--List Visual Arts Center,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Cambridge, MA

Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, MA

National Heritage Museum
Lexington, MA

Museum of Science
Boston, MA

Nantucket Historical
Association Whaling Museum
Nantucket, MA
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
13
New Bedford Whaling
Museum, Old Dartmouth
Historical Society
New Bedford, MA

New England Aquarium
Boston, MA

The Norman Rockwell
Museum at Stockbridge
Stockbridge, MA

Paul Revere House and
Hichborn House, Paul
Revere Memorial
Association
Boston, MA

Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA

Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology
Cambridge, MA

Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plymouth, MA

Provincetown Art
Association and Museum
Provincetown, MA

Smith College Museum of
Art
Northampton, MA

Springfield Museums
Connecticut Valley
Historical Museum
DAmour Museum of Fine
Arts
G.W.V. Smith Art Museum
Springfield Science
Museum
Wood Museum of
Springfield History
Springfield, MA

Springfield Science
Museum
Springfield, MA
Sterling and Francine
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, MA

Tower Hill Botanic Garden,
Worcester County
Horticultural Society
Boylston, MA

U.S.S. Constitution
Museum
Boston, MA

Wenham Museum
Wenham, MA

Williams College Museum
of Art
Williamstown, MA

Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA


Michigan
Alden B. Dow Museum of
Science and Art
Midland, MI

Alfred P. Sloan, J r.
Museum
Flint, MI

Arab American National
Museum
Dearborn, MI

Art Center of Battle Creek
Battle Creek, MI

Besser Museum for
Northeast Michigan
Alpena, MI

Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Cranbrook Institute of
Science
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI

Eli & Edythe Broad Art
Museum, Michigan State
University
East Lansing, MI

Ella Sharp Museum
Jackson, MI
Flint Institute of Arts
Flint, MI

Frankenmuth Historical
Association Museum
Frankenmuth, MI

Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids, MI

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI

Holland Museum
Holland, MI

Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Kalamazoo, MI

Kelsey Museum of
Archaeology, University of
Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI

Krasl Art Center
St. Joseph, MI

Mackinac State Historic
Parks, Mackinac Department
of Natural Resources
Lansing, MI

Michigan Historical Museum
System,
Lansing, MI
Michigan Historical Museum,
Lansing
Civilian Conservation Corps,
Roscommon
Copper Harbor Lighthouse,
Copper Harbor
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
14
Father Marquette National
Memorial & Museum, St.
Ignace
Fayette Historic Townsite,
Garden
Ft. Wilkins Historic
Complex, Copper Harbor
Hartwick Pine Logging
Museum, Grayling
Mann House, Concord
Michigan Iron Industry
Museum, Negaunee
Sanilac Petroglyphs,
Lansing
Walker Tavern, Brooklyn

Michigan State University
Museum
East Lansing, MI

Muskegon Museum of Art
Muskegon, MI

Public Museum of West
Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI

Saginaw Art Museum
Saginaw, MI

The University of Michigan
Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, MI


Minnesota
Frederick R. Weisman Art
Museum
Minneapolis, MN

The Minneapolis Institute of
Arts
Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota Historical
Society:
Minnesota History Center,
St. Paul, MN
Historic Sites/Museums
o Alexander Ramsey
House, St. Paul
o Charles A. Lindbergh
House, Little Falls
o Forest History Center
Grand Rapids
o Historic Forestville
o J ames J . Hill House, St.
Paul
o J effers Petroglyphs,
Comfrey
o Historic Fort Snelling, St.
Paul
o Mill City Museum,
Minneapolis
o Mille Lacs Indian
Museum, Onamia
o Minnesota State Capitol,
St. Paul
o North West Company
Fur Post, Pine City
o Oliver H. Kelley Farm,
Elk River
o Sibley House, Mendota
o Split Rock Lighthouse,
Two Harbors

Science Museum of
Minnesota
St. Paul, MN

Stearns History Museum
St. Cloud, MN

Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN


Mississippi
Grand Village of the
Natchez Indians
Natchez, MS

Lauren Rogers Museum of
Art
Laurel, MS

Manship House Museum
Jackson, MS

Mississippi Museum of
Natural Science
Jackson, MS

Walter Anderson Museum
of Art
Ocean Springs, MS

Missouri
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of
Art, St. Joseph, MO

J efferson National Expansion
Memorial, National Historic
Site, National Park Service
Museum of Westward Expansion
Gateway Arch
St. Louis Old Courthouse
St. Louis, MO

Laumeier Sculpture Park and
Museum
St. Louis, MO

Mildred Lane Kemper Art
Museum
St. Louis, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, MO
Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray
Summit
Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly
House & Education Center,
Chesterfield

Missouri History Museum,
Missouri Historical Society
St. Louis, MO

Museum of Art and
Archaeology, University of
Missouri
Columbia, MO

The Nelson-Atkins Museum
of Art
Kansas City, MO

St. J oseph Museums
St. J oseph Museum
Black Archives Museum
Glore Psychiatric Museum
Wyeth-Tootle Mansion
St. Joseph, MO

St. Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
15
St. Louis Science Center
St. Louis, MO


Montana
C.M. Russell Museum
Great Falls, MT

Historical Museum at Fort
Missoula
Missoula, MT

Missoula Art Museum
Missoula, MT

Montana Historical Society
Museum
Helena, MT

Museum of the Rockies,
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Western Heritage Center
Billings, MT


Nebraska
Hastings Museum of
Natural and Cultural
History
Hastings, NE

International Quilt Study
Center & Museum
Lincoln, NE

J oslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE

Museum of Nebraska
History, Nebraska State
Historical Society
Lincoln, NE

Sheldon Museum of Art
Lincoln, NE

Stuhr Museum of the
Prairie Pioneer
Grand Island, NE
University of Nebraska
State Museum, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Ashfall Fossil Beds State
Historical Park, Orchard
Trailside Museum of
Natural History, Crawford


Nevada
Las Vegas Natural History
Museum
Las Vegas, NV

Museum of the Nevada
Historical Society
Reno, NV

Nevada Museum of Art
Reno, NV

Nevada State Museum
Carson City, NV

Nevada State Museum
and Historical Society
Las Vegas, NV


New Hampshire
The Currier Gallery of Art
Manchester, NH

Historic New England
Governor J ohn Langdon
House, Portsmouth, NH
See also listings under CT,
MA, ME

Hood Museum of Art,
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

New Hampshire Historical
Society
Concord, NH

Saint-Gaudens National
Historic Site, National Park
Service
Cornish, NH
New Jersey
Princeton University Art
Museum
Princeton, NJ

Monmouth Museum and
Cultural Center
Lincroft, NJ

The Montclair Art Museum
Montclair, NJ

The Morris Museum
Morristown, NJ

Museum of American Glass
Millville, NJ

New J ersey State Museum
Trenton, NJ

The Newark Museum
Newark, NJ

Visual Arts Center of New
J ersey,Summit, NJ


New Mexico
The Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque, NM

Georgia OKeeffe Museum
Santa Fe, NM

Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology, University of
New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Millicent Rogers Museum
Taos, NM

Museum of New Mexico
New Mexico Museum of Art
Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture
Museum of International
Folk Art
Palace of the Governors
NM State Monuments
Santa Fe, NM
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
16
National Museum of
Nuclear Science and
History
Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and
Science
Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico Museum of
Space History
Alamogordo, NM

The Roswell Museum and
Art Center
Roswell, NM

Silver City Museum
Silver City, NM

Wheelwright Museum of
the American Indian
Santa Fe, NM


New York
Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Albany Institute of History
and Art
Albany, NY

Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Buffalo, NY

American Museum of
Natural History
New York, NY

Arnot Art Museum
Elmira, NY

Brooklyn Childrens
Museum
Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Museum of
Science
Buffalo, NY

Burchfield-Penney Art
Center at Buffalo State
College
Buffalo, NY

Chemung Valley History
Museum
Elmira, NY

Cold Spring Harbor
Whaling Museum
Cold Spring Harbor, NY

The Corning Museum of
Glass
Corning, NY

The Erie Canal Museum
Syracuse, NY

Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY

The Farmers Museum
Cooperstown, NY

Fenimore Art Museum
Cooperstown, NY

Fort Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga, NY

Frances Lehman Loeb Art
Center, Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY

Frederic Remington Art
Museum
Ogdensburg, NY

Frick Collection
New York, NY
George Eastman House
Rochester, NY
Guild Hall Museum
East Hampton, NY

Heckscher Museum of Art
Huntington, NY

Herbert F. J ohnson Museum
of Art, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY


Historic Cherry Hill
Albany, NY

Hofstra University Museum,
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

Hudson River Museum of
Westchester
Yonkers, NY

The Hyde Collection Art
Museum
Glens Falls, NY

International Center of
Photography
New York, NY

The J ewish Museum
New York, NY

Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah, NY

The Long Island Museum of
American Art, History, and
Carriages
Stony Brook, NY

Lower East Side Tenement
Museum
New York, NY

Memorial Art Gallery,
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
17
Morgan Library & Museum
New York, NY

Morris-J umel Mansion
New York, NY

Mount Vernon Hotel
Museum & Garden
New York, NY

Munson-Williams-Proctor
Institute Museum of Art
Utica, NY

Museum at FIT
New York, NY

Museum of Arts and
Design
New York, NY

The Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY

Museum of the Moving
Image
Astoria, NY

National Museum of the
American Indian,
Smithsonian Institution
George Gustav Heye
Center, New York, NY
See also listing under DC

Neuberger Museum of Art,
Purchase College, SUNY
Purchase, NY

New York Botanical
Garden
Bronx, NY

Parrish Art Museum
Water Mill, NY

Pocantico Center
Tarrytown, NY

Raynham Hall Museum
Oyster Bay, NY
Roberson Museum and
Science Center
Binghamton, NY

Rochester Museum and
Science Center
Rochester, NY

Rockwell Museum of
Western Art
Corning, NY

Rye Historical Society
Museum
Rye, NY

Sciencenter
Ithaca, NY

Shaker Museum
Old Chatham, NY

Silas Wright House, St.
Lawrence County
Historical Association
Canton, NY

Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum
New York, NY

Statue of Liberty National
Monument, National Park
Service
Ellis Island Immigration
Museum
New York, NY

StrongNational Museum
of Play
Rochester, NY

The Studio Museum in
Harlem
New York, NY

Suffolk County Vanderbilt
Museum
Centerport, NY

West Point Museum
West Point, NY
Whitney Museum of
American Art
New York, NY


North Carolina
Ackland Art Museum, The
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Asheville Art Museum
Asheville, NC

Cape Fear Museum of
History & Science
Wilmington, NC

Discovery Place
Charlotte, NC

Gaston County Museum of
Art and History
Dallas, NC

Greensboro Historical
Museum
Greensboro, NC

Greenville Museum of Art
Greenville, NC

Hickory Museum of Art
Hickory, NC

Mint Museum
Charlotte, NC

Nasher Museum of Art at
Duke University
Durham, NC

Natural Science Center of
Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

North Carolina Maritime
Museum
Beaufort, NC

North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, NC
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
18
North Carolina Museum of
History
Raleigh, NC

North Carolina State
Museum of Natural
Sciences
Raleigh, NC

Old Salem Museums and
Gardens
Winston-Salem, NC

Reynolda House, Museum
of American Art
Winston-Salem, NC

Schiele Museum of Natural
History and Planetarium
Gastonia, NC

Tryon Palace Historic Sites
and Gardens
New Bern, NC

The Waterworks Visual
Arts Center
Salisbury, NC

Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC


North Dakota
North Dakota Heritage
Center, State Historical
Society of North Dakota
Bismarck, ND

Plains Art Museum
Fargo, ND


Ohio
Akron Art Museum
Akron, OH
Allen County Museum
Lima, OH
Allen Memorial Art
Museum, Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH

The Arms Family Museum
of Local History, The
Mahoning Valley Historical
Society
Youngstown, OH

Boonshoft Museum of
Discovery
SunWatch Indian Village
and Archaeological Park
Dayton, OH

Butler Institute of
American Art
Youngstown, OH

Canton Museum of Art
Canton, OH

Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Zoo and
Botanical Garden
Cincinnati, OH

Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH

The Cleveland Museum of
Natural History
Cleveland, OH

Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus, OH

Holden Arboretum
Kirtland, OH

J ohnson-Humrickhouse
Museum
Coshocton, OH

Kennedy Museum of Art
Athens, OH
Kent State University
Museum
Kent, OH

Massillon Museum
Massillon, OH

Miami University Art Museum
Oxford, OH

National Museum of the
United States Air Force
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Oberlin Heritage Center
Oberlin, OH

Ohio Historical Society
Columbus, OH
Adena Mansion & Gardens,
Chillicothe
Armstrong Air and Space
Museum, Wapakoneta
Campus Martius, Marietta
Fort Ancient, Oregonia
Fort Meigs, Perrysburg
J ohnston Farm and Indian
Agency, Piqua
Ohio Historical Center and
Village, Columbus

Rutherford B. Hayes
Presidential Center
Fremont, OH

Springfield Museum of Art
Springfield, OH

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
Akron, OH

The Taft Museum of Art
Cincinnati, OH

Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, OH


Oklahoma
Fred J ones J r. Museum of
Art, University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
19
Gilcrease Museum
Tulsa, OK

Museum of the Great
Plains
Lawton, OK

National Cowboy and
Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City Museum of
Art
Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City National
Memorial Museum
Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City Zoological
Park and Botanical
Garden
Oklahoma City, OK

Science Museum
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK

Philbrook Museum of Art
Tulsa, OK

Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural
History, University of
Oklahoma
Norman, OK

Sherwin Miller Museum of
J ewish Art
Tulsa, OK


Oregon
Columbia Gorge Discovery
Center and Museum
The Dalles, OR

Columbia River Maritime
Museum
Astoria, OR
The High Desert Museum
Bend, OR

J ordan Schnitzer Museum
of Art, University of
Oregon
Eugene, OR

Oregon History Museum
Portland, OR

Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR

Pennsyl vania
The Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Allentown Art Museum
Allentown, PA

Bowmans Hill Wildflower
Preserve
New Hope, PA

Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford, PA

Bucks County Historical
Society:
Fonthill Museum
Mercer Museum
Doylestown, PA

Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Museum of
Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Science Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Drake Well Museum
Titusville, PA

Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata, PA
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA

The Hershey Story:
The Museum on Chocolate
Avenue
Hershey, PA

Independence National
Historical Park, National Park
Service
Philadelphia, PA

Independence Seaport
Museum
Philadelphia, PA

J ames A. Michener Art
Museum
Doylestown, PA

Morris Arboretum, University
of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

National Canal Museum,
Hugh Moore Historical Park
and Museums
Easton, PA

National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA

National Watch and Clock
Museum
Columbia, PA

North Museum of Natural
History & Science
Lancaster, PA

Pennsbury Manor
Morrisville, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
20
Philip and Muriel Berman
Museum of Art at Ursinus
College
Collegeville, PA

Please Touch Museum
Philadelphia, PA

Reading Public Museum
Reading, PA

The Scott Arboretum,
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA

Senator J ohn Heinz History
Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art
Loretto, PA

State Museum of
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA

Thomas T. Taber Museum
of the Lycoming County
Historical Society
Williamsport, PA

University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology
Philadelphia, PA

Westmoreland Museum of
American Art
Greensburg, PA

Woodmere Art Museum
Philadelphia, PA

Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte de Ponce
Ponce, PR

Museo de Arte de Puerto
Rico
San Juan, PR
Museo de Historia,
Antropologia y Arte,
Universitario de Puerto
Rico
San Juan, Peer Reviewer

Rhode Island
International Tennis Hall of
Fame & Museum
Newport, RI

Museum of Art, Rhode
Island School of Design
Providence, RI

Newport Art Museum and
Art Association
Newport, RI

Preservation Society of
Newport County
The Breakers
Chateau-sur-Mer
Chepstow
The Elms
Green Animals Topiary
Garden
Hunter House
Isaac Bell House
Kingscote
Marble House
Rosecliff
Newport, RI

Rhode Island Historical
Society
J ohn Brown House
Providence, RI

Slater Mill Historic Site
Pawtucket, RI

South Carolina
Brookgreen Gardens
Murrells Inlet, SC

The Charleston Museum
Charleston, SC
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia, SC
Fort Sumter National
Monument, National Park
Service
Sullivans Island, SC

Gibbes Museum of Art
Charleston, SC

Greenville County Museum of
Art
Greenville, SC

Historic Columbia
Foundation:
Hampton-Preston Mansion
Robert Mills Historic House
Woodrow Wilson Boyhood
Home
Columbia, SC

McKissick Museum,
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

South Carolina Confederate
Relic Room and Museum
Columbia, SC

South Carolina State
Museum
Columbia, SC

York County Culture and
Heritage Museums
Rock Hill, SC

South Dakota
Mammoth Site of Hot Springs
Hot Springs, SD

National Music Museum
Vermillion, SD

South Dakota Art Museum
Brookings, SD

Washington Pavilion of Arts
and Science
Sioux Falls, SD

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
21
Tennessee
Carroll Reece Museum,
East Tennessee State
University
Johnson City, TN

Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN

Childrens Museum of
Memphis
Memphis, TN

Country Music Hall of
Fame and Museum
Nashville, TN
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memphis, TN

Frank H. McClung
Museum, University of
Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Frist Center for the Visual
Arts
Nashville, TN

Hunter Museum of
American Art
Chattanooga, TN

Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN

Memphis Brooks Museum
of Art
Memphis, TN

Memphis Pink Palace
Family of Museums:
Coon Creek Science
Center
Lichterman Nature Center
Memphis Pink Palace
Museum and Planetarium
Magevney House
Mallory-Neely House
Memphis, TN
National Civil Rights
Museum
Memphis, TN

Rocky Mount Museum
Piney Flats, TN

Tennessee State Museum
Nashville, TN


Texas
Amarillo Museum of Art
Amarillo, TX

American Airpower
Heritage Museum
Midland, TX

Amon Carter Museum
Fort Worth, TX

Art Museum of South
Texas
Corpus Christi, TX

Art Museum of Southeast
Texas
Beaumont, TX

Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, TX

Bullock Texas State
History Museum
Austin, TX

Contemporary Arts
Museum Houston
Houston, TX

Corpus Christi Museum of
Science and History
Corpus Christi, TX

Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas, TX

Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TX
Ellen Noel Art Museum of the
Permian Basin
Odessa, TX

El Paso Museum of Art
El Paso, TX

Fort Bend Museum
Association
Richmond, TX

Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History
Fort Worth, TX

The Grace Museum
Abilene, TX

Heritage Farmstead Museum
Plano, TX

Historic Waco Foundation
Museums
Earle-Napier-Kinnard House
East Terrace
Fort House
McCulloch House
Waco, TX

Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston, TX

Houston Museum of Natural
Science
Houston, TX
The George Observatory,
Brazos Bend State Park
HMNS at Sugarland,
Sugarland

International Museum of Art
and Science
McAllen, TX

McFaddin-Ward House
Beaumont, TX

McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, TX

Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
22
Modern Art Museum of Fort
Worth
Fort Worth, TX

Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston
Houston, TX

Museum of Nature and
Science
Dallas, TX

Museum of South Texas
History
Edinburg, TX

Museum of Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, TX

Museum of the Southwest
Midland, TX

The Old J ail Art Center
Albany, TX

Panhandle-Plains Historical
Museum
Canyon, TX

Sam Houston Memorial
Museum
Huntsville, TX

San Angelo Museum of
Fine Arts
San Angelo, TX

San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX

Scurry County Museum
Snyder, TX

The Sixth Floor Museum at
Dealey Plaza
Dallas, TX

Star of the Republic
Museum
Washington, TX
Texarkana Museums
System
Texarkana, TX

Texas Maritime Museum
Rockport, TX

Tyler Museum of Art
Tyler, TX

U.S. Army Medical
Department Museum
Fort Sam Houston, TX

Witte Museum
San Antonio, TX


Utah
Monte L. Bean Life
Science Museum, Brigham
Young University
Provo, UT

Nora Eccles Harrison
Museum of Art, Utah State
University
Logan, UT

Utah Museum of Fine Arts,
Salt Lake City, UT

Utah Museum of Natural
History,
Salt Lake City, UT

Utah State University
Eastern Prehistoric
Museum
Price, UT

Vermont
American Museum of Fly
Fishing
Manchester, VT

The Bennington Museum
Bennington, VT

Fairbanks Museum and
Planetarium
St. Johnsbury, VT
Middlebury College Museum
of Art
Middlebury, VT

Robert Hull Fleming Museum,
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT


Virginia
Carlyle House Historic Park,
Northern Virginia Regional
Park Authority
Alexandria, VA

Chrysler Museum
Norfolk, VA

Colonial Williamsburg:
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Center
Bassett Hall
Historic District
DeWitt Wallace Decorative
Arts Gallery
Williamsburg, VA

Fairfax County Park
Authority, Resource
Management Division:
Colvin Run Mill
Green Spring Gardens Park
Sully Historic Site
Fairfax, VA

Office of Historic Alexandria
OHA (Lloyd House)
Alexandria Archaeology
Museum
Alexandria Black History
Museum
African American Heritage
Park
Fort Ward Museum &
Historic Site
Friendship Firehouse
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
The Lyceum
Stabler-Leadbeater
Apothecary
Alexandria, VA
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
23
Fredericksburg Area
Museum and Cultural
Center
Fredericksburg, VA

Frontier Culture Museum
Staunton, VA

Gari Melchers Home and
Studio, University of Mary
Washington
Fredericksburg, VA

Gunston Hall
Mason Neck, VA

Hampton Roads Naval
Museum
Norfolk, VA

J amestown-Yorktown
Foundation Museum:
J amestown Settlement
Yorktown Victory Center
Williamsburg, VA

Longwood Center for the
Visual Arts
Farmville, VA

Manassas National
Battlefield Park, National
Park Service
Manassas, VA

The Mariners Museum
Newport News, VA

Muscarelle Museum of Art,
The College of William &
Mary
Williamsburg, VA

National Air and Space
Museum, Smithsonian
InstitutionSteven F. Udvar-
Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA
See also listings under DC

National Museum of the
Marine Corps
Triangle, VA
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Norfolk, VA

Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Newport News, VA

Piedmont Arts Association
Martinsville, VA

Science Museum of
Virginia
Richmond, VA
Danville Science Center,
Danville
Virginia Aviation
Museum, Richmond

Science Museum of
Western Virginia
Roanoke, VA

Taubman Museum of Art
Roanoke, VA

U.S. Army Quartermaster
Museum
Fort Lee, VA

Fralin Museum of Art
Charlottesville, VA

The Valentine Richmond
History Center
Richmond, VA

Virginia Historical Society
Museum
Richmond, VA

Virginia Living Museum
Newport News, VA

Virginia Military Institute
Museum Operations:
VMI Museum
Lexington, VA
New Market Battlefield
State Historic Park/Hall of
Valor Museum
New Market, VA
Virginia Museum of
Contemporary Art
Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA

Virginia Museum of Natural
History
Martinsville, VA

Virginia War Museum
Lee Hall Mansion
Endview Plantation
Newport News, VA

William King Regional Arts
Center
Abingdon, VA

Wilton House Museum,
National Society of the
Colonial Dames of America
Richmond, VA

Woodrow Wilson Presidential
Library & Museum
Staunton, VA


Washington
The Burke Museum of
Natural History and Culture,
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Frye Art Museum
Seattle, WA

Henry Art Gallery, University
of Washington
Seattle, WA

Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale, WA

Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA

Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA
Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
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Museum of History and
Industry
Seattle, WA

Naval Undersea Museum
Keyport, WA

Northwest Museum of Arts
and Culture
Spokane, WA

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Olympic Sculpture Park
Seattle, WA

Puget Sound Navy
Museum
Bremerton, WA

Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA

Washington State
Historical Society
Tacoma, WA
Washington State History
Museum, Tacoma
WSHS Research Center
Washington State Capitol
Museum and Heritage
Resource Center, Olympia

Whatcom Museum of
History and Art
Bellingham, WA

Yakima Valley Museum
Yakima, WA


West Virginia
Clay Center for the Arts
and Sciences of West
Virginia
Charleston, WV

Harpers Ferry National
Historical Park, National
Park Service
Harpers Ferry, WV
Huntington Museum of Art
Huntington, WV

Museums of Oglebay
Institute
Wheeling, WV


Wisconsin
Bergstrom-Mahler
Museum
Neenah, WI

Charles A. Wustum
Museum of Fine Arts
Racine, WI

Chazen Museum of Art,
University of Wisconsin at
Madison
Madison, WI

Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire, WI

EAA AirVenture Museum
Oshkosh, WI

Kenosha Public Museums
Civil War Museum
Dinosaur Discovery
Museum
Kenosha Public Museum
Kenosha, WI

Leigh Yawkey Woodson
Art Museum
Wausau, WI

Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit
College
Beloit, WI

Madison Museum of
Contemporary Art
Madison, WI

Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, WI

Neville Public Museum of
Brown County
Green Bay, WI

Oshkosh Public Museum
Oshkosh, WI

Paine Art Center and
Gardens
Oshkosh, WI

Rahr-West Art Museum
Manitowoc, WI

Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Manitowoc, WI

Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Madison, WI


Wyoming
Buffalo Bill Center of the
West
Cody, WY

J im Gatchell Memorial
Museum
Buffalo, WY

National Museum of Wildlife
Art
Jackson, WY

Nicolaysen Art Museum &
Discovery Center
Casper, WY

University of Wyoming Art
Museum
Laramie, WY

Wyoming State Museum
Cheyenne, WY


Alliance Accredited Institutions as of March 2014

=Institutions also accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
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Australia
Botanic Gardens of
Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia
Mount Lofty Botanical
Garden, Crafers
Wittunga Botanic
Gardens, Blackwood
(test case for international
accreditation)