Application for New Participants
The revised RMP Application consists of ten pieces of core
evidence and five pieces of secondary supporting evidence, which
demonstrate best practice across all areas of your institution.
- Plan - Strategic or Operational
or Business (Core
Evidence)
- Financial Planning - Financial Statements or
Operating Budget (Core Evidence)
- Staff and Volunteer Commitments - Professional Development and
Learning
- Summary of Community Engagement (Core
Evidence)
- Program Evaluation
- Open to the Public - Accessibility (Core
Evidence)
- Collections Management Policy (Core
Evidence)
- Collections Management Documents
- Page from Accession Register
- Preventive Conservation - Agents of Deterioration (Core
Evidence)
- Emergency Plan (Core Evidence)
- Three Catalogue Records
- Example of Research - two examples from the past three years
(Core Evidence)
- Example of Interpretation - one example from the past three
years (Core Evidence)
- Example of Exhibits - two examples from the past three years
(Core Evidence)
Submitting the Application
The Application must be completed online. The link will be
available in the Members Only section of the website beginning on
June 1.
To help you prepare your institution's application, the AMA
created a workbook outlining the Standards and Minimum Requirements
for each section of the Application. There is also a PDF of the
Application Questions you can use a reference.
RMP Application Questions RMP Application
Workbook
Deadlines
The deadline to submit Applications is November
30, annually.
The AMA offers complementary Draft Review for any Evidence
submitted by September 15. All participants are
strongly encouraged to take advantage of the Draft Review as over
80% of Recognized Museums used this complementary service.
Designations
A Review Panel consisting of three Individual Members of the AMA
will assess your institution's evidence and award one of three
possible designations. Regardless of which designation your
institution receives, the Review Panel will provide comments to
help your institution strengthen its practices going forward.
• Recognized Museum
All required Evidence met all Minimum Requirements and
Standards.
• Conditionally Recognized Museum
The required Evidence submitted by the institution met most
Minimum Requirements and Standards but some minor administrative
follow-up is needed to become a Recognized Museum. Conditionally
Recognized Museums have eight weeks to complete and submit
revisions.
• Candidate in the Recognized Museum Program
The required evidence submitted by the institution met some of
the Minimum Requirements and Standards but several are still
outstanding. To become a Recognized Museum the institution must
submit Upgrade Evidence. Candidates have up-to-three years to
complete the Upgrade Evidence requested. The annual deadline to
submit Upgrade Evidence is October 31.
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