What are the benefits?
Accreditation is an excellent framework for improvement. Being part of the Accreditation Scheme, means you have the benefit of support and guidance to develop your services in a direction that you can be confident in.
- Accreditation enables you to achieve your own goals for your museum.
- As an Accredited museum you will have access to our Grants programmes.
- Accreditation inspires confidence in other funders and sponsors that they are supporting a sustainable organisation.
- Meeting the Standard signals to your community that you are committed to safeguarding your collections and responding to visitor expectations.
- Accreditation inspires trust in your donors
- Accreditation demonstrates to the wider museum community that you are committed to maintaining the same standards
Going through the Accreditation process has helped:
- 83% of Accredited museums attract financial support from external sources.
- Improve morale.
- 94% demonstrate that they are a fit recipient for potential sponsorship and donations.
- Raise awareness to stakeholders.
- 90% assess their achievements.
- Improve planning skills.