MCR20-004 02/20
Leadership and Organizational Structure
Is your organization a Non-Prot 501c3? YES NO
Is your organization a Sovereign Nation? YES NO
Does your organization have a governing structure, including by-laws, articles of incorporation,
and a board of directors/trustees? YES NO
Does your organization conduct business meetings and hold elections on a regularly
scheduled basis? YES NO
How often are business meetings held? ____________ How often are elections held?____________
Do the governance, staff and volunteer (as applicable) structures and processes effectively advance the
organization’s mission? YES NO
Does your organization have volunteers that support the organization? YES NO
Does your organization have a membership program that supports the organization? YES NO
How many active members do you currently have? ____________
Collections Stewardship
Is your organization a collecting institution? YES NO
Are your collections appropriate to your mission? YES NO
How do you ensure the preservation of your collections? Describe ________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
How does your organization provide public access to your collections? (Exhibits, online access, etc. )
Describe ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Are your exhibits used and displayed in ways that are appropriate to your mission? YES NO
Education and Interpretation
Does your organization offer educational and public programs, special events and other activities that are tied
to your mission? YES NO
Please describe examples of programs/events. (You may also include iers of past or upcoming programs.)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Does your organization present accurate, appropriate, and unbiased content for each
of its audiences? YES NO
A minimum of 416 hours per year open to the public are required for Tier 1 certication. How many hours per
year is your organization open to the public? ____________
How many hours of programming does your organization provide to the public per year?____________
Does your organization meet the following requirements?
• The organization clearly states its overall educational goals, philosophy and messages, and demonstrates that its
activities are in alignment with them. YES NO
• The organization provides regular audience engagement that promotes the value of history? YES NO
• The organization facilitates scholarly research. YES NO
• Organizations conducting primary research do so according to scholarly standards. YES NO
Certified Historical Institutions | Tier 1, cont.
