MAP برنامج تقييم المتاحف
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 museum emerges 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

