The Mission of the NORTHEAST MUSEUM SERVICES CENTER is to support and strenghten park management and programs that preserve and protect natural and cultural resource collections in national parks and that make these collections acccessble for research, education, and public enjoyment.
 

Museum Planning and Research

• Historic furnishing reports and exhibit research
• Collections management plans
• Exhibit planning and project management
• Research supporting historic resource studies, administrative histories, etc.
• GMP consultation and support
• Coordination of American Association of Museums accreditation of park programs

Archives and Collections Documentation

• Archives management: surveys, planning, cataloging, finding aids
• Collections documentation: surveys, planning, processing, technical support
• Resource Management records surveys, documentation and disposition
• Library management consultation

Collections Preservation and Protection

• Collections protection: surveys, procedures, emergency planning
• Collections preservation projects: planning, project management, document review
• Collection storage planning
• Technical assistance in implementation of storage plans

Professional Development and Training

• Training in museum and collections management planning, procedures, techniques
• Internships

Regionwide Leadership for Curation

• Coordination of annual curators meeting
• Information network: Museum Services Quarterly
• Policy development / review related to collections

Partnerships 

• The parks of the Northeast Region
• Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
• National Trust for Historic Preservation 
• Northeast Document Conservation Center

National Park Servic  Charlestown Navy Yard  Building I, 4th Floor  Charlestown, MA 02129-4543
Tel. 617/242-5613  Fax. 617/242-1833