MMM is a consulting firm that provides professional services to museums & private collectors.
MMM's holistic approach to museum management is informed by experience in many facets of the field.
Mission
MMM empowers federal museums, small museums & private collectors to achieve an excellent standard of collections care through holistic museum management services & customized collection stewardship strategies.
Why Museums?
Museums are economic engines
that contribute $5 billion to the U.S. economy each year, $12 billion of which as tax revenue for state & local governments.
American Alliance of Museums & Oxford Economics “Museums as Economic Engines”, 2018.
Museums are community anchors
upon which many important metrics depend, such as those in Bloomberg’s America’s Best Cities & Money’s annual “Best Places to Live” survey.
Samantha Sharf, “How Money Chose the Best Places to Live in 2021”.
Museums serve the whole public
on average, more Americans visit museums than attend professional sporting events.
Population sampling conducted by Wilkening Consulting, 2018.
Museums are trusted
more than any other American institution, ranking second only to friends & family.
American Alliance of Museums “Museums & Trust”, 2021.
Museums safeguard our heritage
preserving more than one billion objects of cultural heritage & scientific endeavor.
Heritage Preservation & Institute of Museum & Library Services “Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections”, 2005.