MAP Museum Assessment Program

The META-Museum Assessment Program (META-MAP) is a national, professional program which helps museums strengthen operations, plan for the future and meet standards through self-study and a consultative site visit from an expert peer reviewer (Dr. Essam Al- Najdy) The reviewer.
 
 Since its inception in 1997, Dr. Essam Farag Al-Najdy using the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) has helped 369 small and mid-sized museums , and 18 major museums in Egypt, Qatar, France, China, and Africa of all types strengthen operations, plan for the future, and meet standards.
 Through this process of self-assessment, institutional activities, and consultative expert review with a site visit and recommendations, your museums with:
 Greater alignment of activities, mission, and resources
 Analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities
 Prioritized roadmap for improving operations and meeting standards
 Practices benchmarked to standards
 Enhanced credibility with potential funders and donors
 Improved communications between staff, board, and other constituents
 Expert advice, recommendations, and resources
 Increased capacity for strategic planning
 Preparation for core document verification, accreditation, or reaccreditation
 
 1.1 META-MAP offers seven different assessments:
 Collections Stewardship
 State of Conservation
 Museum Scenario
 Recommendations
 Training Plans
 Strategies and 5-year Plan
 Executive Year Plan
 Hints & Tips
 Guides and Appendixes
 
 META-MAP is supported through a cooperative agreement between the Expert reviewer .
 MAP will help you foreseen your museum future and have your 360 feedbacks. 
 
 
 Impact & Benefits of MAP
 2.1 Did You Know?
 Nearly 30% of all private museums in UAE have participated in MAP
 All museum professionals in those museums have participated in MAP with their museum, as a self-reflection assessment, or both
 Over 380 museums have participated in MAP since 1997
 Over one-third of those museums have participated more than once
 Museums from all the world have participated
 Over 90% of all MAP participants are small museums
 75% of ICOM Accredited museums have participated in MAP
 Expert reviewers have invested more than 50,000 hours and $1,100,000 of their time helping MAP museums since 1997
 2.2 After participating in META-MAP, museums:
 have an institutional roadmap or strategic plan
 say the changes made as a result of MAP positively impacted visitor experience and/or community response to their museum
 are better able to identify their strengths and challenges
 Create or update at least one museum policy
 are better prepared to go through Accreditation, Reaccreditation or Core Document Verification
 credit MAP for their success in fundraising
 have the SOP ready and applied
 have the SOC clear and aligned
 complied with ICOM standards
 complied with UNESCO standards
 have the All-of-All needed guidelines