Eligibility

To be eligible for funding, an organization must meet the following definition of a museum:

A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.

For the purposes of this initiative, “museums” refers broadly to historic house museums, historic sites, historical societies, art museums, children’s museums, science centers,special-interest museums, natural history museums, university museums, arboretums/botanical gardens and zoos.

Please read the CT Summer at the Museum guidelines for more information.

For-profit Museums are eligible. Please contact Elizabeth Shapiro via email and/or Rhonda Olisky via email to discuss your eligibility.

NOTE:  The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) and/or Connecticut Humanities reserves the right to request documentation as needed to determine an applicant’s eligibility.