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THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED INCLUDE SOLICITATIONS COMMUNICATED THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS EMAIL, MAIL, PHONE AND IN-PERSON. FUNDRAISING EVENTS ARE CONDUCTED TO GENERATE ANNUAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS THAT LEAD TO FUTURE GIVING. THE INSTITUTIONAL GIVING STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE MUSEUM'S MAJOR PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS BY PRODUCING GRANT PROPOSALS DIRECTED TO BOTH GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. ACROSS ALL OF THESE FUNDRAISING AREAS, MORE THAN 28,000 PROSPECTS AND EXISTING DONORS WERE SOLICITED FOR SUPPORT DURING 2017, RESULTING IN 11,660 GIFTS COMING FROM 9,762 DIFFERENT DONORS. OTHER PUBLIC SUPPORT FACTORS 1. PERCENTAGE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FACTOR. THE MUSEUM'S PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE FOR 2017 IS 16.55%, WHICH IS ABOVE THE 10% TEST THRESHOLD. AS THE MUSEUM IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, INDIVIDUAL SOLICITATIONS AND GIFTS TEND TO BE LARGER THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED DURING A NON-CAMPAIGN PERIOD WITH THE RESULTING IMPACT OF LOWERING THE PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE. 2. SOURCES OF SUPPORT FACTOR. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE FOR 218 YEARS, WHICH RANKS IT AMONG THE FIRST AMERICAN MUSEUMS TO HAVE SUCH A PUBLIC MANDATE. THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO 1799 WHEN A GROUP OF SALEM-BASED, INTERNATIONAL, SEA-GOING BUSINESS LEADERS WERE AMONG THE FIRST AMERICANS TO DEVELOP TRADING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, OCEANIA AND BEYOND. THESE EARLY AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS BROUGHT BACK MAGNIFICENT ART AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE CULTURES THEY ENCOUNTERED AND WERE EAGER TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED WITH THE LARGER PUBLIC. ALTHOUGH MORE THAN 200 YEARS HAVE PASSED, THE MUSEUM'S COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS AS STRONG AS EVER. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS ARE AMONG THE FINEST OF THEIR KIND AND ENCOMPASS AN UNRIVALED SPECTRUM OF CULTURES AND GENRES, INCLUDING AMERICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, AMERICAN DECORATIVE ART, MARITIME ART, NATIVE AMERICAN ART, ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, ASIAN EXPORT ART, AFRICAN ART, OCEANIC ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY ART. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM OPERATES THE PHILLIPS LIBRARY, ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUM-BASED COLLECTIONS OF RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. THE BREADTH OF THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS AND OFFERINGS IS UNQUESTIONABLY VARIED, SO THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF APPEALING TO A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTS, WHICH IN TURN HELPS TO BUILD ATTENDANCE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMITMENT AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT. IN RECENT YEARS, THE MUSEUM HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS FIELDS OF INTEREST; FOR EXAMPLE, CONTEMPORARY ART WAS ADDED AS A NEW CURATORIAL DEPARTMENT IN 2009, AND AMERICAN ART WAS ADDED AS A NEW CURATORIAL DEPARTMENT IN 2013. CONTEMPORARY ART, IN PARTICULAR, IS ONE AVENUE FOR ENGAGING YOUNGER PEOPLE, THEREBY HELPING TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF INSTITUTIONAL LEADERS AND SUPPORTERS. BY EXPANDING THE PROGRAMMATIC SCOPE, THE MUSEUM HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTING WITH A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE, RATHER THAN LIMITING ITS APPEAL TO A FEW. AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THE MUSEUM RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM APPROXIMATELY 9,762 DIFFERENT DONORS DURING 2017. 3. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNING BODY FACTOR. DURING 2017, 26 INDIVIDUALS SERVED ON PEM'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ALL OF THE TRUSTEES ARE INDEPENDENT VOTING MEMBERS AND REPRESENT A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF VIEWS AND INTERESTS. THEY ARE A DIVERSE GROUP WHO REPRESENT A VARIETY OF CULTURAL AND OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUNDS. AMONG THE MUSEUM'S TRUSTEES ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIAN, EUROPEAN, AND NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL, AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS. VARIOUS AREAS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ARE ALSO REPRESENTED BY NUMEROUS BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS, JOURNALISM, LAW, INVESTING, LAND PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION. PEM'S TRUSTEES ALSO BOAST A VARIETY OF INTERESTS THAT INCLUDE ART COLLECTION, CONSERVATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND YOUTH SERVICES, ARCHAEOLOGY, HEALTHCARE, AND TECHNOLOGY.4. AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC FACILITIES OR SERVICES FACTOR. DURING 2017, THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM REPORTED MORE THAN 263,000 ON-SITE VISITORS, COMING FROM BOTH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE MAIN MUSEUM GALLERIES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SIX DAYS PER WEEK, WHICH REPRESENTS ALMOST 2,200 HOURS ANNUALLY DURING WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THE VARIOUS COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED. 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        <ExplanationTxt>EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: DUE IN LARGE PART TO ITS MANY POPULAR EXHIBITIONS, THE MUSEUM CONCLUDED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR, PRESENTING EXCELLENT AND DYNAMIC EXAMPLES OF ART AND CULTURE TO 263,000 ON-SITE VISITORS IN 2017. MORE THAN 13% OF GENERAL ADMISSION VISITORS ALSO VISITED YIN YU TANG, THE ONLY COMPLETE QING DYNASTY HOUSE OUTSIDE OF CHINA AND A MODEL IN INTERNATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE MUSEUM'S 2017 EXHIBITION PROGRAM FEATURED MANY STYLES AND SOURCES OF ART AND CULTURE IN FIVE NEW SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AT PEM, ONE EXHIBITION PRESENTED AT OTHER VENUES, AND SEVEN SHOWS THAT CONTINUED FROM PRIOR YEARS, INCLUDING: NEW AT PEM - WOW: THE WORLD OF WEARABLE ART (FEBRUARY 18, 2017 TO JUNE 11, 2017): WOW DRAWS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION THAT CELEBRATES THE INTERSECTION OF FASHION AND ART. - OCEAN LINERS: GLAMOUR, SPEED, AND STYLE (MAY 20, 2017 TO OCTOBER 9, 2017): THIS IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO FULLY ASSESS THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF THE OCEAN LINER IN SHAPING APPROACHES TO ARCHITECTURE, ART, AND DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. - "IT'S ALIVE!" CLASSIC HORROR AND SCI-FI ART FROM THE KIRK HAMMETT COLLECTION (AUGUST 12, 2017 TO NOVEMBER 26, 2017): THIS SHOW PRESENTS AN INTERNATIONAL SELECTION OF THE GREATEST HORROR AND SCI-FI FILM POSTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIRK HAMMETT, LEAD GUITARIST FOR THE HEAVY METAL BAND METALLICA. - XYZT: A JOURNEY IN 4 DIMENSIONS (OCTOBER 14, 2017 TO APRIL 22, 2018): CREATED AND DESIGNED BY FRENCH ARTISTS/PERFORMERS/COMPUTER SCIENTISTS ADRIEN MONDOT AND CLAIRE BARDAINNE, XYZT IS A TRAVELLING INTERACTIVE ART EXHIBITION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER GEOMETRIC AND ORGANIC ELEMENTS TO CREATE AN ENCOUNTER THE ARTISTS DESCRIBE AS "A JOURNEY THROUGH NATURE REVISITED." - GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: ART, IMAGE, STYLE (DECEMBER 16, 2017 TO APRIL 1, 2018): GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: ART, IMAGE, STYLE IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE THE ART, IMAGE AND PERSONAL STYLE OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST ICONIC ARTISTS. PEM TRAVELING SHOWS - NATIVE FASHION NOW (AT PEM NOVEMBER 21, 2016-MARCH 6, 2016, AT THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART JUNE 4, 2016-SEPTEMBER 5, 2016, AT THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART, OCTOBER 2, 2016-JANUARY 8, 2017, AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, FEBRUARY 17, 2017-SEPTEMBER 4, 2017): THIS PIONEERING SHOW FOCUSES ON DESIGNERS FROM ALL PARTS OF NATIVE AMERICA WHOSE COMPELLING FASHION CELEBRATES NATIVE DESIGN, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS AND IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED IN THE GLOBAL WORLD OF FASHION. CONTINUING AT PEM - SAMUEL F.B. MORSE'S GALLERY OF THE LOUVRE AND THE ART OF INVENTION (OCTOBER 6, 2016 TO JANUARY 8, 2017): MORSE'S MONUMENTAL MASTERPIECE PAINTING, GALLERY OF THE LOUVRE, (1831-33) IS PRESENTED WITH SELECTIONS FROM PEM'S PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION TO FOCUS ON THEMES OF CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION, AND INVENTION IN ART AND TECHNOLOGY. ORGANIZED WITH THE TERRA FOUNDATION. - SHOES: PLEASURE AND PAIN (NOVEMBER 19, 2016 TO MARCH 12, 2017): THIS THEMATIC PRESENTATION OF 200+ PAIRS OF HISTORICAL, MODERN, AND CONTEMPORARY SHOES ADDRESSES SHOES AS POWERFUL INDICATORS OF STATUS, IDENTITY, TASTE, CREATIVITY, STYLE, AND CULTURAL VALUES. ORGANIZED BY THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON. - LUNAR ATTRACTION (OCTOBER 15, 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2017): CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS AND INTERACTIVES HIGHLIGHT OUR FASCINATION WITH THE MOON, FROM ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND METAPHORICAL CONNOTATIONS TO ITS GRAVITATIONAL AND ASPIRATIONAL PULL. - PATRICK DOUGHERTY: STICKWORKS (MAY 2015 THROUGH MAY 2017): PATRICK DOUGHERTY BENDS, WEAVES AND FLEXES SAPLINGS INTO ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURES THAT RELATE TO THE LANDSCAPE AND PEM'S 18TH -CENTURY WOOD-FRAME CROWNINSHIELD-BENTLEY HOUSE. THIS IS PEM'S FIRST COMMISSIONED OUTDOOR SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION. - RAVEN'S MANY GIFTS: NATIVE ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST (APRIL 5, 2014 THROUGH 2018): OBJECTS FROM PEM'S COLLECTION OF NATIVE ART FROM THE PACIFIC WEST REVEAL THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LIVING HUMANS, ANIMALS, ANCESTORS AND SUPERNATURAL BEINGS. - DOUBLE HAPPINESS: CELEBRATION IN CHINESE ART (APRIL 5, 2014 THROUGH 2017): HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MUSEUM'S WIDE-RANGING CHINESE COLLECTION CELEBRATE CHINA'S ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED IN SEASONAL FESTIVALS, RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND CELEBRATIONS. - FIGURING THE ABSTRACT IN INDIAN ART (APRIL 5, 2014 THROUGH 2017): THIS INSTALLATION OF 20TH-CENTURY PAINTINGS AND 15TH- TO 19TH-CENTURY SCULPTURES CONSIDERS STYLE, STRUCTURE AND COLOR, AS WELL AS THE FIGURATIVE, METAPHORICAL AND IDEALIZED AS KEY FACETS OF THE ABSTRACT.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS: NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED THOUGHT LEADERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, THE CURATORIAL STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONCEIVING AND ORGANIZING EXHIBITIONS AND CULTIVATING SUPPORT FOR THE MUSEUM'S PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES AND COLLECTION. CURATORS ACQUIRE, RESEARCH, AND INTERPRET THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION. THE CURATORIAL STAFF ALSO PREPARES AND PUBLISHES SCHOLARLY CATALOGUES AND EDUCATIONAL TEXTS RELATED TO THE EXHIBITIONS AND THE COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION ENCOMPASSES APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION WORKS REPRESENTING ART AND CULTURE GLOBALLY. SEVERAL OF THE PRINCIPAL COLLECTING AREAS BEGAN WITH THE MUSEUM'S FOUNDING IN 1799 AND ARE THE FIRST OF SUCH MATERIAL AMONG AMERICAN MUSEUMS. OTHER AREAS OF THE COLLECTION ARE THE BEST OR LARGEST AMONG AMERICAN OR INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. THE MUSEUM CONTINUES TO COLLECT SELECTIVELY IN ALMOST ALL AREAS OF THE COLLECTION THROUGH GIFT, PURCHASE, AND BEQUEST. - THE AFRICAN COLLECTION INCLUDES EARLY WORKS FROM COASTAL EAST AND WEST AFRICA, AN IMPORTANT BODY OF ZULU OBJECTS, AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST COLLECTIONS OF ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN ART OF SIXTEENTH-TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY ICONS AND METALWORK. - THE AMERICAN COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, WORKS ON PAPER, DECORATIVE ART, FOLK ART, FASHION, AND COSTUMES, REPRESENTS MORE THAN 300 YEARS OF NEW ENGLAND ART AND CULTURE. THE FASHION/COSTUME COLLECTION RANKS AMONG THE NATION'S TOP TEN. - THE ASIAN EXPORT ART COLLECTION IS THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ART MADE IN ASIA FOR GLOBAL EXPORT. IT ENCOMPASSES PAINTINGS, FURNITURE, SILVER, PORCELAINS, WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO TWENTIETH CENTURIES. - THE CHINESE COLLECTION'S UNIQUE STRENGTH IS VERNACULAR ART THAT EXPLORES THE RICH TRADITIONS OF CHINESE CULTURE, AND FEATURES IMPORTANT QING DYNASTY WORKS, INCLUDING CERAMICS, TEXTILES, AND DECORATIVE ARTS. - AMERICA'S NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH- CENTURY JAPANESE ART COLLECTORS CREATED A MAJOR COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ART AND CULTURE. MANY WORKS ARE CONSIDERED RARE IN JAPAN, WITH LATE EDO- AND MEIJI-PERIOD EXAMPLES AMONG THE WORLD'S FINEST. - FOUNDED IN THE 1880S, THE KOREAN COLLECTION PIONEERED AMERICAN INTEREST IN KOREAN ART AND CULTURE. ITS BROAD SPECTRUM OF ART OF THE LATE JOSEON DYNASTY IS CONSIDERED THE BEST IN THE UNITED STATES. - THE MARITIME COLLECTION IS THE FINEST IN AMERICA AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FOR ITS APPROXIMATELY 30,000 PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS, AND 20,000 MARITIME OBJECTS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH THROUGH THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. - THE NATIVE AMERICAN ART COLLECTION INCLUDES 20,000 WORKS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT, AS WELL AS 50,000 ARCHEOLOGICAL WORKS DATING BACK 10,000 YEARS. ITS GROWING STRENGTH AND FOCUS IS MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. - THE OCEANIC COLLECTION IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS SIZE, BREADTH, AND EARLY ORIGINS AND PROVENANCE OF ITS OBJECTS. IT INCLUDES MORE THAN 20,000 OBJECTS FROM MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX ISLAND GROUPS IN POLYNESIA, MELANESIA, AND MICRONESIA. - THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION COMPRISES THOUSANDS OF RARE AND VINTAGE IMAGES AND MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES THE WORLD'S FINEST GROUP OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF ASIA. - THE SOUTH ASIAN COLLECTION EMPHASIZES MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AFTER INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE IN 1947. OLDER EXAMPLES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, INCLUDE IMPORTANT SCULPTURE, TEXTILES, CERAMICS, AND METALWORK. - THE ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION INCLUDES TWENTY-FOUR HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND A MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT COLLECTION. FOUR BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNATED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS; SIX OTHERS ARE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. - THE PHILLIPS LIBRARY IS ONE OF NEW ENGLAND'S MOST IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES, HOLDING PUBLICATIONS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS RELATED TO REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ART AND CULTURE, AND TO THE MUSEUM'S DIVERSE COLLECTIONS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>EDUCATION: THE MUSEUM'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS A WIDE ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CONTRIBUTES TO INTERPRETIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EXHIBITIONS. IT ALSO PREPARES AND DISTRIBUTES PRINT AND ONLINE MATERIALS TO HELP VISITORS OF ALL AGES WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, KNOWLEDGE, INTERESTS, PREFERENCES, AND NEEDS GAIN INSIGHT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL ART AND CULTURE. EACH YEAR, THE MUSEUM OFFERS HUNDREDS OF PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE ARTS LEARNING AND APPRECIATION AND TO STIMULATE CRITICAL THINKING, CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY, CREATIVITY, AND CONNECTION-MAKING BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMMING, PEM STRIVES TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT TRANSFORM PEOPLE'S LIVES BY BROADENING THEIR PERSPECTIVES, ATTITUDES, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THEMSELVES AND THE WIDER WORLD. PROGRAMS EMPLOY AGE AND AUDIENCE-APPROPRIATE PEDAGOGIES AND USE THE MUSEUM'S OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS TO ENGAGE VISITORS DIRECTLY WITH WORKS OF ART AND CULTURE. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOCUSES ON SEVERAL BROAD AUDIENCE AREAS: K-12 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES, AND ADULTS FROM COLLEGE AGE THROUGH SENIOR CITIZENS, AS WELL AS THE AWARD-WINNING ART &amp; NATURE CENTER FOR INTERACTIVE FAMILY LEARNING, ARE ALSO MANAGED BY THIS DEPARTMENT. THE SINGLE VISIT SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC, INDEPENDENT, AND HOME SCHOOLS IN GRADES PRE K-12 AS WELL AS UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. THE PROGRAM BLENDS GUIDED DOCENT-LED GALLERY TOURS WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES THAT INSPIRE CLOSE EXAMINATION AND REFLECTION. USING ITS COLLECTIONS, THE MUSEUM CREATES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CLASSROOM CONTENT AND STUDENTS' DAILY LIVES AND INTRODUCES IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO THINK CREATIVELY AND ANALYTICALLY, INCLUDING FACILITATING STUDENT ART-MAKING. IN 2017, 10,179 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND CHAPERONES FROM 185 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN SINGLE VISIT SCHOOL PROGRAMS. FORMAL MUSEUM-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS PROGRAM. THIS PARTNERSHIP, WHICH TARGETS TITLE I SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE NORTH SHORE REGION, PROVIDES MEANINGFUL SEQUENCED MUSEUM VISITS AND OBJECT-BASED LESSON PLANS THAT BUILD KNOWLEDGE IDENTIFIED AS CRITICAL IN THE ART, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS FROM PRIMARILY LOW RESOURCE SCHOOLS MAKE MULTIPLE (3-5) VISITS TO THE MUSEUM. IN 2017, 1,138 STUDENTS FROM 13 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS PROGRAM. 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