MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
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Organizations Filed Purposes: EXHIBITION, CURATORIAL, CONSERVATION & ART PROGRAMSLACMA PRESENTED 31 EXHIBITIONS AND PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATIONS IN FISCAL 2015-2016, FEATURING ARTWORKS FROM ITS OWN COLLECTION AND FROM LENDERS AROUND THE WORLD. PUBLIC PROGRAMS, FILMS, AND CONCERTS ARE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. MANY WORKS FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION OF OVER 130,000 OBJECTS ARE TREATED BY CONSERVATORS, WHILE THE MUSEUM'S RESEARCH LIBRARY AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS PROVIDE REFERENCE SUPPORT TO MUSEUM STAFF AND OUTSIDE SCHOLARS. ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES SERVE TO MEET THE GOALS OF CONSERVATION, EXHIBITION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE ART INTO MEANINGFUL AESTHETIC, INTELLECTUAL, AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.

FACILITY ENHANCEMENTFINANCING AND DEPRECIATION EXPENSE REPRESENT AMORTIZATION OF THE CAPITALIZED COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING THE MUSEUM'S PHYSICAL FACILITIES, AN ACTIVITY THAT IS ONE OF THE CORE REASONS MUSEUM ASSOCIATES WAS FOUNDED. THIS CATEGORY OF EXPENSE ALSO REFLECTS ON-GOING ACTIVITY FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT CAPITALIZED, SUCH AS ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING.

PUBLIC AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENTIT IS A MUSEUM GOAL TO CONTINUOUSLY EXPAND AND SERVE AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS BY CREATING WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, INCLUDING ON-SITE STAFF AND CONTRACTORS PROTECTING ART AND PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, SPECIAL EVENTS, PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS, CAMPUS WAY-FINDING MEDIA, AND THE MUSEUM MAGAZINE.

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