SEMC Annual Report 2018 Southeastern Conference 2 From the Past President

As outgoing President, it is my pleasure to recap a wonderful year for SEMC. The 2018 conference in Jackson was extremely successful in terms of both program and finances, and SEMC ends the year in great financial health. Thanks again to Executive Director Susan Perry, the SEMC Council, and the Jackson Program Committee and Local Arrangements Committee for your efforts to ensure conference success. Huge thanks also to Jackson host museums for their generosity, and congratulations on the amazing work happening there. And last but certainly not least, many thanks to the generous private and corporate donors for your support of the conference, its many events, and the important scholarships you helped to fund. On the financial side, I can also report the exciting news that SEMC has nearly reached a half-million dollars in endowment this year. This is an amazing feat and is truly significant for SEMC’s future sustainability and pursuit of innovative initiatives. Much of that funding has come from SEMC Council members and from generous member donors. As we work our way towards a million dollar balance, I hope you will all consider giving to the endowment. Speaking of innovative initiatives, we formally launched efforts toward a new National Leadership Institute. Inspired by the success of SEMC’s JIMI program, the Institute will provide a next level training opportunity for leaders. A stellar cast of advisors and collaborators will ensure that our first pilot program is an excellent start. We are currently deep into the planning process, including a new bid for an IMLS grant, and look forward to reporting more soon.

Darcie MacMahon 3 In my time as SEMC President, I have been honored to serve such an amazing organization with such tremendous colleagues from around the Southeast. It has been a terrific year, and I especially thank Executive Director Susan Perry for her leadership and dedication. I encourage each of you to be involved at SEMC, and look forward to seeing everyone next year in Charleston!

Darcie MacMahon Director of Exhibits & Public Programs, Florida Museum of Natural History

From the New President

The future is bright for SEMC. As an organization we are strong, growing, forward thinking and committed to inclusion of all Southeastern cultural institutions and museum professionals. The feeling is positive and hopeful and I am truly honored to serve as President for the next two years. Involvement in SEMC has been transformational to my museum career and my leadership roles continue to define who I am as a professional both within the organization and at the Gibbes Museum of Art. I whole-heartedly believe in SEMC’s ability to connect people, inspire ideas and provide networks of support and friendship among institutions and colleagues. SEMC’s training programs, conferences, committees and affinity groups are essential to career development and remind us that our individual work contributes to something larger including the preservation and promotion of all the humanities. Exciting initiatives such as the National Leadership Institute will improve and expand our efforts to train future leaders on outward skill development to better serve their communities and institutions. Planning for the National Leadership Institute is comprehensive; cultivating support to ensure the program is financially stable

4 Zinnia Willits is essential. I encourage all of you to consider a gift toward this program and actively invest in SEMC’s future. As I often state in the mid-career sessions, nobody will ever care about your professional growth as much as you do! This is your career, make the most of it and get involved! SEMC will be with you throughout (student, emerging professional, mid-career professional, senior leadership) working to unite our Southeastern museums and provide opportunities for education, technical assistance, advocacy and training. I hope in the coming years you will continue to see transparency in all aspects of SEMC and understand the many ways to become a leader in our organization and enhance your professional life! Jackson, Mississippi museums showed us an amazing display of strength, support and progress at SEMC 2018. We can’t wait to continue the conversations and forward movement of this profession during SEMC 2019 in Charleston! Together we can continue to transform myths surrounding our institutions and histories and provide spaces of calm, truth and culture. Museums matter - it’s as simple as that. I am excited to move with SEMC into the future!

Zinnia Willits Director of Collections and Operations, Gibbes Museum of Art

5 Our Mission

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is a networking organization that serves to foster profes- sionalism, mutual support, and communication. A non-profit membership association, SEMC strives to increase educational and professional development opportunities and improve the interchange of ideas, information, and cooperation. Our Impact

SEMC members, at all stages of their career, find professional support and camaraderie from the SEMC leadership and members as they deepen their knowledge of museums, strengthen their practice and skills, promote diversity, and serve SEMC fellow members in need. Our History

1951: SEMC was established at a meeting in South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia. It was agreed that the and Virginia. SEMC’s first task was to organization should include the states of appoint a committee to get the Southeast Alabama, Florida, Georgia, , included in a Congressional bill to appro- , Mississippi, North Carolina, priate money to provide places of

6 safe-keeping for museum objects in case 1982: Moved the central offices of SEMC of war. to Memphis.

1956: Maryland, Delaware, and the District of 1986: Moved SEMC offices to Baton Rouge. Columbia petitioned to join SEMC. The Council suggested they form their own 1992: A full-time Executive Director and a organization, today known as the Mid- Director of Office and Memberships Atlantic Association of Museums. services had been hired. Shortly after that, SEMC’s endowment was established 1959: First five-year plan and added to promote financial stability. to the SEMC. 1996: The JumpStart Program began. This 1960: Hosted two professional development program flourished during the first decade workshops in North Carolina on museum of the 21st century and is now known as training and historic house restoration. the Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI), offering an eight-day intensive 1960s: Hired first SEMC staff with $25,000 museum training to museum professionals foundation grant to carry out further with two years’ experience or more. training workshops; SEMC urged the American Alliance (formerly Association) 2003: Moved the central offices of SEMC of Museums to formulate a museum to Atlanta. accreditation program. 2005: SEMC established a Hurricane Katrina 1969: SEMC established a three-day grant fund and awarded over $500,000 to annual meeting. museums and museum employees affected by the storm in Mississippi and Louisiana. 1970s: Local arrangements and program committees were established for the 2010: SEMC established a partnership with annual meeting; SEMC published a Atlanta History Center where the SEMC directory of educational resources. office relocated.

1977: SEMC was officially incorporated; 2013: SEMC, the five other regional museum and exhibitors were added to the associations, and the American Alliance annual meeting. of Museums completed the first National Museum Salary Survey, the only 7 SEMC received $41,783 in contributions (including the endowment) in FY2018.

8 comprehensive study of its kind for our NMAAHC’s Interpretation of African diverse field. American History and Culture Workshop, presented in partnership with the 2017: SEMC, the five other regional museum Charleston County Parks and Recreation associations, five state museum Commission. associations, including Florida and Virginia, and the American Alliance of Now: SEMC continues to create programs like Museums completed the 2017 National JIMI, the Interpretation Workshop, and Museum Salary Survey. the National Museum Salary Survey to support its ongoing mission to foster 2018: With Association of African American professionalism and support for museum Museums and National Association for professionals. Interpretation, SEMC co-sponsored Impact Plan

In 2018, SEMC Council moved forward with initia- Organizational Focus: Advance racial/ethnic tives in the second year of our Impact Plan, diversity of its membership, including individuals, for 2017–2019. museums, and the council.

Impact: SEMC members, at all stages of their Action Plan Focus: career, find professional support and camaraderie • Technology from the SEMC leadership and members as they • Annual Gatherings deepen their knowledge of museums, strengthen • Honing Our Craft their practice and skills, promote diversity, • Marketing/Communication and serve SEMC fellow members in need. • Inclusion

9 Our Past Year Highlights

The year 2018 has been exciting for SEMC, which showcase. The SEMC Scholarship program almost reached a half-million dollars at $499,304 offered 14 travel awards scholarships, including in our Endowment Gift Campaign. SEMC the Presidential scholarship, sponsored by Darcie continued its goal of financial stability and MacMahon, the African American Museum sustainability in fiscal year 2018 with a net of Professional scholarship, and two scholarships for $78,505 and added $52,925 to the SEMC Reserve historic house museum professionals, sponsored Fund and $25,580 to the SEMC Endowment. by Historic House Museums Affinity Group Thank you to those who contributed in the (HHMAG) and John A. Woods Appraisers. Sixty- past year; the SEMC endowment now stands at six program sessions, 9 off-site tours/workshops, $499,304 with recent market changes. and 63 Resource Expo exhibitors provided new ideas, professional expertise and best practices. SEMC had an awesome annual conference This year many programs focused on diversity, in Jackson with over 650 attendees. Over inclusion, equity, and social justice: 70 volunteers welcomed Southeast museum “Meaningful Interpretation” workshop, “Talking professionals to Jackson. The 14 museums in Race: The Power, Influence and Responsibility Jackson hosted educational workshops, programs, of Museum Professionals,” “The Politics of off-site tours and fun evening events. In 2018 the Confederate Monuments & Commemoration in SEMC Exhibitions, Publications and Technology the 21st Century,” “SEMC Equity & Inclusion Competitions had a record of 198 entries and 56 Action Team,” “Historic Decisions: Don’t Debate, award winners. In addition to the selected four Deliberate,” “Women on the Rise,” “Interpreting student presentations, this was the second year Racism Today,” “Mississippi Civil Rights Rise Up: of Students Work in Museums (SWIM) poster The Making of a New State Museum,” “M.L. King

10 and the Civil Rights Movement,” “Dealing with program built upon the National Association Difficult Histories & Changing Visitor Perception,” for Interpretation (NAI) core Interpretation and “Holding Space: The Power of Social Justice Certification Program. The impact was clearly Work in Museums.” SEMC 2018 Annual Meeting illustrated by the recent cohorts from a diverse culminated with the keynote address by poet range of museums and historic sites. Natasha Trethewey, a cry for social justice through family history and memories in poetry. The SEMC wants to serve members’ diverse needs and Council discussed our impact and joint vision for improve communications. SEMC has expanded SEMC’s future. the content of social media coverage and digital communications. We had 170 new members The Jekyll Island Management in 2018, for a total membership of 2,337 Institute 2018 (JIMI) had national impact members, including bundled members. SEMC with 20 participants from nine Southeastern states realizes the potential to grow our membership, and from outside our region including Maryland and wants to provide more membership benefits and Pennsylvania. Thanks to the generosity of and resources. In 2018 SEMC rebranded with our the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African new logo and website www.semcdirect.net. American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and a five-year partnership with the Association of Also in 2018 SEMC leadership focused on the African American Museums (AAAM), SEMC organization’s impact on museum professionals. was pleased to offer the John Kinard In partnership with the Association of African Scholarship for two AAAM members to attend American Museums, we are planning and JIMI. This year South Carolina Military Museum fundraising for a National Leadership established a scholarship in memory of Col. Institute. We are passionate about the Ewell G. “Buddy” Sturgis, Jr. (JIMI Class of 2010). professional support, camaraderie, and network JIMI 2018 provided leadership training for of SEMC, and in the past year provided more a dynamic, diverse class. opportunities for professional learning for Southeastern museum professionals. SEMC joined NMAAHC and AAAM in sponsorship of the 2018 NMAAHC’s Interpretation Susan Perry of African American History and Executive Director, SEMC Culture Workshop presented in partnership with the Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission. In its third year, this pilot

11 12 JIMI 2018 Class

13 Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors

Gold Sponsor 1220 Exhibits, Inc. (Evening Event at the Two Mississippi Museums) Exhibit Concepts, Inc. (Evening Event at the Two Mississippi Museums)

Silver Sponsors Collector Systems (General Session/Keynote Speaker) Hilferty (Lanyards) Solid Light, Inc. (Grand Opening Reception)

Bronze Sponsors Alexander Haas (Director/Trustee Luncheon) L. Carole Wharton, LLC (SEMC Council Legacy Reception) DLR Group (Director/Trustee Luncheon) Gallagher & Associates (Director/Trustee Luncheon)

14 HealyKohler Design (Grand Opening Reception) Monadnock Media, Inc. (Evening Event at the Two Mississippi Museums) Our Fundraising Search (Grand Opening Reception) Solomon Group (Director/Trustee Luncheon) SunTrust (Registration Table) The Design Minds (Evening Event at the Two Mississippi Museums) Travelers (Director/Trustee Luncheon)

Mobile Guide Sponsors OnCell

SEMC Scholarship Sponsors SEMC 2017 Silent Auction (SEMC Traveling Scholarships) Darcie MacMahon (President’s Scholarship) John A. Woods Appraisers (Historic House Museum Professional Scholarship) Historic House Museums Affinity Group (HHMAG’s Historic House Museum Professional Scholarship)

SERA Sponsors Transportation Consultants International (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) Willis Towers Watson (Registrars Respite co-sponsor) Past Perfect (Dan Silosky Award for Excellence in Collections Management and Registration) Gaylord (SERA member discount)

Evening Event Host Museums Mississippi Museum of Art International Museum of Muslim Cultures Mississippi Civil Rights Museum & Museum of Mississippi History Old Capitol Museum Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Mississippi Children’s Museum The LeFleur Museum District The Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center

15 Off-Site Tour/Program/Workshop Host Museums Eudora Welty House and Garden Jackson State University International Museum of Muslim Cultures Manship House Museum Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Oaks House Museum Two Mississippi Museums Oxford museums: The University of Mississippi Museum, William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak, L.Q.C. Lamar House, The Burns-Belfry Museum & Multicultural Center Thank You JIMI 2019 Sponsors

Cynthia and John Lancaster, JIMI 2019 scholarship Gaylord Archival, Inc., JIMI 2019 scholarship John Kinard Scholarship Fund, in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, two JIMI 2019 scholarships Goosepen Studio & Press, JIMI newsletter

16 Arkansas Museum Association (AMA), JIMI 2019 scholarship for tuition/travel Mississippi Museums Association (MMA), JIMI 2019 scholarship for travel North Carolina Museums Council (NCMC), JIMI 2019 tuition scholarship South Carolina Federation of Museums (SCFM), JIMI 2019 scholarship for tuition/travel South Carolina Military Museum, 2019 scholarship in memory of Col. Ewell “Buddy” Sturgis Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship, JIMI 2019 Mary Miller, JIMI 2019 Scholarship Alabama Museums Association (AMA), JIMI 2019 scholarship Pody Gay, Elise LeCompte, and Beth Thompson, JIMI 2019 “Getting to Know You” meal George Bassi, Martha B. Jackson, JIMI 2019 wine and cheese reception Austin Bell, John Fields, Mary Hauser, Jolie Johnson, Gloriann Sanders, Gary Spencer, Sarah Tignor, Scott Warren, JIMI 2019 breakfasts Mary Agnes Beach, Mary Durusau, and Josh Heuman, JIMI 2019 pizza lunch Thank You SEMC Members We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our member­ museums, corporations, and benefactors during 2018.

Corporate Members Impact Communications Business Associates Keen DC, LLC Blair, Inc Mathes Brierre Architects Bonsai Fine Arts Inc Printology Signs & Graphics Chicago Scenic Studios, Inc. Seibold Security, Inc Crystalizations Systems Inc. Transport Consultants International Dietl International Services 17 170 new members and 2,337 total members, including bundled members, in 2018.

18 Corporate Friends Four Colour Print Group 1220 Exhibits, Inc. Frina Design 22 Dragons Gallagher & Associates ADM2 Exhibits & Displays, Inc Gaylord Archival 170 new members and 2,337 total members, Alexander Haas Gerard Hilferty & Associates, Inc. including bundled members, in 2018. ANR Transport LLC Glavé and Holmes Architecture Systems Goosepen Studio & Press Art Display Essentials, a 10-31 Company Gunnar USA, Inc. Artemis Fine Art Services Haizlip Studio Aurora Storage Products, Inc. HealyKohler Design Available Light HNOC Traveling Exhibitions Belfry Historic Consultants, Inc. Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc. Building Four Fabrication Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency, Inc. Canizaro Cawthon Davis HW Exhibits Charlotte Van and Storage Interactive Knowledge Cinebar Productions, Inc. Lake City Creative Alliance Collector Systems, LLC. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts ListenUp Audio Cortina Productions Logis-Tech, INC Cowan's Auctions Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc. Creative Arts Unlimited, Inc Mallory Alexander International Logistics CultureConnect Malone Design/ Fabrication Daruma Tech Manask & Associates Delta Designs Ltd. MBA Design & Display Products Corporation DLR Group Merlan Exhibits dmdg2 Method-1 Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. Mid-America Arts Alliance/ExhibitsUSA / Duncan-Parnell NEH on the Road ECS Conservation/HF Group Monadnock Media, Inc. ERCO Lighting, Inc. Museum of Discovery Exhibit Concepts, Inc. NMHS Unlimited Film Productions Explus, Inc. Northern Light Productions FedEx Custom Critical OnCell Formations, Inc. OU College of Liberal Studies

19 Our Fundraising Search African American Military History Museum Oxford American Aiken County Historical Museum Perkins + Will Alabama Department of Archives and History Print File, Inc. Albany Museum of Art Q Media Productions, Inc. Aldie Mill & Mt. Zion Historic Parks Quatrefoil Associates Alexandria Museum of Art Riggs Ward Design Altama Museum Ripley Entertainment Amelia Island Museum of History Rising Museum Board Amory Regional Museum Significant Developments, LLC Andrew Low House Skinner, Inc. Angola Museum Solid Light, Inc. Anniston Museum of Natural History Solomon Group Apopka Historical Society, Inc Speak Creative Appleton Museum of Art stabaArte, Inc. Arkansas Arts Center Studio Displays, Inc. Arkansas National Guard Museum The Design Minds, Inc. Art Center Sarasota The Donning Company Publishers, Inc. Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) ThinkProxi Asheville Art Museum Thrive Payments/Odyssey Merchant Services Atlanta History Center Tour-Mate Systems Augusta Museum of History Transformit B.B. King Museum Travelers Insurance Bailey-Matthews Shell Foundation Universal Fiber Optic Lighting, LLC. Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia U.S. Art Company Barrington Hall/City of Roswell Georgia VIP Transport Fine Arts Services Bartow History Museum Visit Mississippi Beaches Museum & History Park Willis Towers Watson - Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie Beaufort History Museum WSP Beauregard-Keyes House Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Belle Meade Plantation Institutional Members Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery Bethune-Cookman University/Bethune Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum Foundation

20 Natasha Tretheway, Keynote Speaker, SEMC Annual Meeting, Jackson 2018 21 Annual Meeting attendance has increased 179 since 2011.

22 Biblical History Center Computer Museum of America Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Contemporary Arts Center Birmingham Museum of Art Cookeville Museums Birthplace of Country Music Museum Coral Gables Museum Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Cross County Museum & Archives Bob Campbell Geology Museum Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Booth Western Art Museum Culture & Heritage Museums Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens Burritt on the Mountain Curtiss Mansion, Inc. C.H. Nash Museum Customs House Museum & Cultural Center Caldwell Heritage Museum Dade Heritage Trust Cameron Art Museum Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College Camp Van Dorn WWII Museum David J. Sencer CDC Museum Cape Fear Museum of History and Science DeKalb History Center Capital Park Museum DeSoto County Museum Carolinas Aviation Museum Discovery Park of America, Inc. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, Casemate Museum, Fort Monroe Authority NCDCR Catawba Science Center Downing Museum at Baker Arboretum Center for Puppetry Arts Drayton Hall Charlotte Museum of History Dunedin Fine Art Center Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Earl Scruggs Center Cherokee County Historical Society East Tennessee Historical Society Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home Edison & Ford Winter Estates Children's Hands on Museum Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University Annual Meeting attendance Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Elliott Museum and The House of Refuge at has increased 179 since 2011. Clark Atlanta University Art Museum Gilbert's Bar Clemson University Etowah Youth Orchestras Clinton House Museum Flagler Museum Coastal Georgia Historical Society Florence County Museum Coastal Heritage Society Florida Craft Art Collier County Museums Florida Department of State Columbia Museum of Art Florida Holocaust Museum

23 Florida Museum of Natural History Historic Oakland Foundation Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts Historic Paris-Bourbon County/Hopewell Museum Folk Pottery Museums of NE GA, Sautee Historic Westville Nacoochee Cultural Center History Museum of Mobile Fort Lauderdale History Center HistoryMiami Fort Wayne Museum of Art Horry County Museum Frazier History Museum Hunter Museum of American Art Friends of Cassidy Park Museums Huntington Museum of Art Frist Center for the Visual Arts Huntsville Museum of Art Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation/Imagination Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami Place International African American Museum Gaston County Museum of Art & History International Civil Rights Center & Museum Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia International Museum of the Horse Georgia Southern University Museum International Towing & Recovery Museum Greensboro History Museum Iredell Museums Greenville County Museum of Art Iron & Steel Museum of AL Greenwood Museum James K. Polk Home Gregg Museum of Art & Design Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Jekyll Island Museum Hampton Roads Naval Museum Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at AU Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-African Arts + Kennesaw State University - Museums, Archives & Culture Rare Books Henry B. Plant Museum Kentucky Department of Parks Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses Hickory Landmarks Society Kentucky Historical Society Hickory Museum of Art Kentucky Native American Heritage Museum, Inc. High Museum of Art Kings Mountain Historical Museum High Point Museum Knoxville Museum of Art KSU: Museums, Archives & Rare Books Historic Augusta, Inc. LaGrange Art Museum Historic Carson House Laura Plantation Historic Columbia Foundation Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Historic Edenton State Historic site Lee Gallery, Clemson University Historic Collection Leepa-Rattner Museum

24 Liberty Hall Historic Site Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Lighthouse Art Center Gallery & School of Art Museum Division Lightner Museum Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc. Longue Vue House and Gardens Mississippi Museum of Art Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Louisiana Art & Science Museum Mobile Museum of Art MOCA Jacksonville Louisiana State University Museum of Art Modernism Museum Mount Dora Louisiana's Old State Capitol Mooresville Public Library Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Lowell Historical Morris Museum of Art Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Morse Museum of American Art Lunney House Museum Mosaic Templars Cultural Magnolia Mound Plantation Muscarelle Museum of Art Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College Museum Center at 5ive Points Man in the Sea Museum Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University Mandarin Museum & Historical Society Museum of Art - DeLand Maria V. Howard Arts Center Museum of Arts & Sciences Marietta Museum of History Museum of Design Atlanta Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts Museum of Florida History Masur Museum of Art Museum of Science & History McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum of the American Printing House McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina for the Blind Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Louisiana Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Museums of Tusculum College Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University M.W. Warner Transportation Museum Middle Tennessee State University National Civil Rights Museum Middleton Place Foundation National Museum of African American History Mint Museum and Culture, Smithsonian Institution Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience National Museum of the Marine Corps Mississippi Children's Museum National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum National Sporting Library & Museum

25 26 National World War II Museum Rocky Mount Museum Nevada County Depot & Museum Rowan Museum, Inc. Newcomb Art Museum Rural Heritage Museum/Mars Hill University North Carolina Museum of History Sallie Mae Ligon Museum and Archives Northeast Georgia History Center SC Confederate Relic Room & Museum Oak Alley Foundation SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film Office of Historic Alexandria SCAD Museum of Art Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) Schiele Museum Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Okefenokee Heritage Center Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center Old State House Museum Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center South - Halifax County Museum of Fine Orange County Regional History Center Arts and History Orlando Museum of Art South Carolina Historical Society Osceola County Historical Society South Carolina State Museum Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation St. Mary’s Submarine Museum Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Steeplechase Museum University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sumter County Museum Paul W. Bryant Museum Swope Art Museum Pendleton District Commission Tampa Bay History Center Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum Tampa Museum of Art Pensacola Museum of Art, UWF Historic Trust Taubman Museum of Art Pinellas County Historical Society/Heritage Village Telfair Museums Polk Museum of Art Tellus Science Museum Portsmouth Museums Preservation Society of Charleston Tennessee Valley Museum of Art President James K. Polk State Historic Site/NC The Bass Museum of Art Dept of Natural & Cultural Resources The Charleston Museum Reuel B. Pritchett Museum The Chrysler Museum of Art Reynolda House Museum of American Art The Columbus Museum River Discovery Center The Dixon Gallery & Gardens Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Rocky Mount Historical Association Virginia

Carole Wharton and SEMC Past President David Butler at SEMC 2018 Legacy Reception, Jackson 27 The Guntersville Museum University of Louisville The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art University of Mary Washington Museums The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art University of Mississippi Museum & Historic The Mennello Museum of American Art Houses The Museum at Mountain Home University of Richmond Museums The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Upcountry History Museum, Furman University The Natchez Institute- Historic Natchez UWF Historic Trust Foundation Venice Museum & Archives The Oaks House Museum Vero Beach Museum of Art The Old Governor's Mansion/Georgia College Virginia Beach History Museums The Old Slave Mart Museum Virginia Historical Society The Parthenon Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Royce J. & Caroline B. Watts Museum, West Virginia Museum of History & Culture Virginia University Vulcan Park & Museum The Selma-Dallas County Museum of History & Walter Anderson Museum of Art Archives, Inc. Washington and Lee University The Waterworks Visual Arts Center The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. The Wolfsonian – Florida International University Weatherspoon Art Museum The Wren's Nest Weems-Botts Museum Thomas County Historical Society West Baton Rouge Museum Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello West Virginia Department of Arts, Thronateeska Heritage Center Culture and History T.R.R. Cobb House Western Carolina University Museums: Tryon Palace Mountain Heritage Center and Tubman Museum WCU Fine Art Museum Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society Wetzel County Museum Tuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Whalehead in Historic Corolla Westervelt Collection Whitney Plantation Tuskegee University Wiregrass Museum of Art U. S. Marshals Museum, Inc. Wofford College U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Museum Wright Museum of World War II Union County Heritage Museum Yeiser Art Center University of Alabama Museums Zuckerman Museum of Art

28 Cynthia Torp and SEMC Executive Director Susan Perry, SEMC 2018 Annual Meeting, Jackson 29 Southern Komfort at Two Mississippi Museums, SEMC 2018 Annual Meeting, Jackson

30 SEMC launched an Endowment Gift Challenge that has almost reached a half million dollars.

31 Thank You to Our 2018 Endowment Contributors

Many thanks to our endowment contributors in 2018 for investing in the future of SEMC! The growth of SEMC’s endowment is essential to ensure that our organization will be able to provide opportunities for learning and networking for museum professionals in the Southeast.

Alexander Benitez Catherine McCrory Pears Circle have contributed $150 Christine Miller Betts James G. Shepp annually for at least two years David Butler Robert Sullivan to the endowment fund. Sheila Cork Zinnia Willits Jamie Credle Kristen Miller Zohn George Bassi Matthew S. Davis Sharon Bennett Martha Battle Jackson David Butler The Past Kathryn Lang Tom Butler Presidents Circle Nathan Moehlmann Tamra Sindler Carboni William Paul, Jr. Members of the Past Presidents Micheal A. Hudson

32 Medallion Alderson Douglas Noble Heather Marie Wells Fellows (minimum Robert Rathburn Kristin Miller Zohn $2,500) Graig D. Shaak Robert Sullivan George Bassi The Peter S. Kristin Miller Zohn Sharon Bennett LaPaglia JIMI David Butler Scholarship Fund Tamra Sindler Carboni The William T. and Martha Battle Jackson Established in 2009 to Sylvia F. Alderson Pamela Meister honor Pete LaPaglia’s Endowment Fellows Richard Waterhouse dedication to the museum Thirty members of SEMC field and recognize his have made commitments of inspirational leadership Alderson Fellows distinction as Alderson Fellows. of SEMC’s Jekyll Island (minimum $1,000) Their investment of at least Management Institute, this $1,000 each is a significant T. Patrick Brennan fund helps endow an annual leadership gift, reflective of Michael Brothers JIMI scholarship. The year a personal commitment to W. James Burns 2018 marked JIMI’s 18th the professional association William U. Eiland anniversary, and the fund that has meant so much Horace Harmon has reached over $28,536. to each of them. Brian Hicks Pamela Hisey Elise V. LeCompte Micheal Hudson Nathan Moehlmann Platinum Alderson Kathleen Hutton Fellows (minimum Rick Jackson $5,000) Other SEMC Andrew Ladis Contributions Sylvia F. Alderson John Lancaster Bob Rathburn Elise LeCompte These funds contributed to Graig D. Shaak Allyn Lord the annual meeting, JIMI, Nancy & Robert Sullivan Michael Anne Lynn membership, or general R. Andrew Maass operating funds for SEMC. Darcie MacMahon Robin Seage Person George Bassi (JIMI) Steve Rucker Mary Agnes Beach (JIMI)

33 Austin Bell (JIMI) The Leadership Sharon Bennett (JIMI) Institute Fund Aaron Berger (JIMI) Jamie Credle (JIMI) SEMC is raising funds to Mary Durusau (JIMI) plan and pilot the National John Fields (JIMI) Leadership Institute in 2020. James Gardner (JIMI) Pody Gay (JIMI) Glenna Barlow Mary Hauser (JIMI) David Butler Joshua Heuman (JIMI) Julie Harris Martha Battle Jackson (Annual Elise LeCompte Meeting & JIMI) Deborah Lynn Mack Jolie Johnson (JIMI) L. Carole Wharton, LLC John S. Lancaster (JIMI) Zinnia Willits Elise LeCompte (JIMI) Deborah Mack (JIMI) Pam Meister (Annual Meeting & JIMI) Mary Miller (JIMI) Thank You Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (Annual Meeting) Volunteers Mississippi Museum of Art (Annual Meeting) SEMC wants to express our deepest gratitude to our National Museum of African volunteers who contributed countless hours in 2018. American History and A special thanks goes to SEMC leadership – Officers, Culture, Smithsonian Council Directors, and committees. SEMC has a record Institution (JIMI) number of volunteers at SEMC 2018 Annual Meeting Keith Post (JIMI) in Jackson. Annual conference, JIMI, and other SEMC Gloria Sanders (JIMI) programming would not be possible without your Gary Spencer (JIMI) help. Thanks to all for your time! Beth Thompson (JIMI) Sarah Tignor (JIMI) Michael Scott Warren (JIMI)

34 The SEMC 2018 Annual Meeting in Jackson had a record 70 volunteers.

35 SEMC Officers, Directors, and Staff

2018 Officers

President Vice President Treasurer (through October 2018) (beginning October 2018) Robin Reed Darcie MacMahon Heather Marie Wells Fort Monroe Casemate, Florida Museum of Natural Crystal Bridges Museum Fort Monroe, VA History, Gainesville, FL of American Art, Bentonville, AR Past President President (through October 2018) (beginning October 2018) Secretary David Butler Zinnia Willits (through October 2018) Knoxville Museum of Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, Robin Seage Person Knoxville, TN Charleston, SC Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS Directors Secretary (beginning October 2018) Glenna Barlow Deitrah Taylor Columbia Museum of Art, Milledgeville, GA Columbia, SC

36 Alexander Benitez Calinda Lee Staff Moundville Archaeological Park, (beginning October 2018) The University of Alabama, Atlanta History Center, Executive Director Moundville, AL Atlanta, GA Susan S. Perry

Kyle Bryner Deborah Mack Manager of Museum of the Shenandoah Smithsonian’s National Communications Valley, Winchester, VA Museum of African American and Member Services History and Culture, John Witek Pody Gay Washington, D.C. (beginning October 2018) SEMC Museum of Discovery, Rosalind Martin P.O. Box 550746 Little Rock, AR (beginning October 2018) Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 Knoxville Museum of Art, Phone: 404.814.2048 Julie Harris Knoxville, TN Website: www.SEMCdirect.net River Discovery Center, Email: membershipservices@ Paducah, KY Catherine Pears SEMCdirect.net Alexandria Museum of Art, Brian Hicks Alexandria, LA Design: Nathan Moehlmann, Hernando, MS Goosepen Studio & Press Michael Scott Jenny Lamb Redcliffe Plantation State Historic (through October 2018) Site, Beech, SC Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro, TN

Elise LeCompte Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL

37 A Snapshot of SEMC’s Reach Conference 2018 Attendees: 650 Facebook Followers: 1,361 JIMI 2018 Participants: 20 Twitter Followers: 1,898 Southeast Museums Advocacy LinkedIn Members: 1,261 Day Participants: 100 SEMC Website Page Views: 182,205; 34,894 users

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Canada 40 Statement of Financial Position You can support SEMC general operations, the SEMC Endowment, the Peter S. LaPaglia FY2018* FY2017* Scholarship Fund (supports JIMI tuition Assets scholarships), Legacy Society (Planned Cash & cash equivalents $290,359 $250,328 Giving) or other activities by donating Investments $462,186 $389,953 online at www.SEMCdirect.net. SEMC has Receivables/Prepaid $9,880 $35,285 created the Legacy Society to recognize the generosity of individuals who have included Total Assets $762,425 $676,116 the Southeastern Museums Conference in their wills or estate plans. Your planned Liabilities & Fund Equity gift will make a difference in the services of Liabilities $64,994 $70,436 SEMC and the future development of our Fund Equity $697,431 $605,680 profession. For more information, please refer to the Legacy Society brochure at Total Liabilities & Fund Equity $762,425 $676,116 www.SEMCdirect.net.

*Note FY2018 is July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. Program Expenditures

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