Editing Art museum (section)

== Organizations ==
There are relatively few local/regional/national organizations dedicated specifically to art museums. Most art museums are associated with local/regional/national organizations for [[the arts]], [[humanities]] or museums in general. Many of these organizations are listed as follows:

=== International and topical organizations ===
*[[UNESCO]] – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—the leading global organization for the preservation and presentation of world cultures and arts.
*[[International Council of Museums]]
*[[Association of Art Historians]]
*[[Association of Art Museum Curators]]
*[[Association of Art Museum Directors]]
*[[Independent Curators International]]
*International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT)
*[[College Art Association]] (CAA)
*Small Museum Association, an all-volunteer organization serving small museums in the mid-Atlantic region and beyond.
*North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM)
*The Artists' Materials Center: An applied research organization at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] dedicated to helping museums, libraries, and archives improve the ways of caring for their collections.
*International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM): an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage.
*International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)

=== National organizations ===
*Australia: [[Australian Museums and Galleries Association]]
*Canada: Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO)
*Canada: Canadian Museums Association
*Japan: Japan Association of Art Museums (English language page)
*Japan: Japanese Association of Museums (English language page)
*United States: [[American Alliance of Museums]], formerly the [[American Association of Museums]]
*United States: [[American Federation of Arts]]
*United States: [[National Art Education Association]], and specifically their Museum Education Division
*United States: [[American Institute for Conservation]] of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
*United Kingdom: The [[Museums Association]] (MA) is a professional membership organisation based in London for museum, gallery, and heritage professionals, museums, galleries and heritage organisations, and companies that work in the museum, gallery, and heritage sector of the United Kingdom. It also offers international membership. Started in 1889, it is the oldest museum association in the world, and has over 5,000 individual members, 600 institutional members, and 250 corporate members.

=== Other organizations (for multiple museums) ===
==== Regional, provincial, and state museum organizations ====
*Canada, Ontario: Ontario Museum Association and [[Ontario Association of Art Galleries]]
*United States, western states:  Western Museums Association
*United States, western states:  Museums West Consortium, an association of 13 museums of the American West.
*United States, western states: [[Western Association for Art Conservation]] (WAAC)
*United States, California: California Association of Museums
*United States, Florida: Florida Art Museum Directors Association—an affiliate of the Florida Association of Museums

==== District, local and community museum organizations ====
*United States, Washington DC: [[Smithsonian Institution]], the official national museum, and controlling organization for most major art and cultural museums in Washington, D.C., national museums with major art collections, as well as other national historic and cultural facilities nationwide. The Smithsonian also—directly or indirectly, and through traveling exhibits—coordinates some federal government support of museums (art and other), nationally. Also partners with many museums throughout the United States, each designated as a "Smithsonian Affiliate" institution.
*United States, Florida, Miami Miami Art Museums Alliance
*United States, New Mexico, Taos: [[Taos art colony]]
*United States, New York, New York City:  Art Museum Partnership
*United States, New York, New York City:  Museums Council of New York City
*United States, Texas, Houston: Houston Museum District Association