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Please Touch Museum's mission is to change a child's life as they discover the power of learning through play.

Focused on Art, Centered in Community, Committed to Inspire.The Currier Museum of Art facilitates meaningful encounters with art through its collection, exhibits, programs, art classes, and artists-in-residence.

To inspire curiosity and creativity in children through hands-on learning

Located in San Francisco, California, the Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Our mission is to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide. Our vision is a world where people think for themselves and can confidently ask questions, question answers, and understand the world around them. We value lifelong learning and teaching, curiosity and inquiry, our community, iteration and evidence, integrity and authenticity, sustainability, and inclusion and respect.

To advance the long-term survival of bears worldwide by replacing misconceptions with scientific facts about bears, their role in ecosystems, and their relations with humans THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN ELY, MN, WWW.BEAR.ORG WEBSITE, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

The mission of theItalian American Museum of Los Angeles is to foster a deeper understanding ofSouthern California and the nation’s heritage through research, historicpreservation, exhibitions and educational programs that examine the history andcontinuing contributions of Italian Americans and Italians.

The purposes for which the Art Institute of Chicago is formed are: to found, build, maintain, and operate museums, schools, libraries of art, and theaters; to provide support facilities in connection therewith; to conduct appropriate activities conducive to the artistic development of the region; and to conduct and participate in appropriate activities of national and international significance; To form, conserve, research, publish, and exhibit a permanent collection of objects of art of all kinds; to present temporary exhibitions that include loaned objects of art of all kinds; and to cultivate and extend the arts by appropriate means; To establish and conduct comprehensive programs of education, including presentation of visual artists, teachers of art, and designers; to provide educational services in written, spoken, and media formats; To provide lectures, instruction, and entertainment, including dramatic, film, and musical performances of all kinds, which complement and further the general purposes of the institute; To receive in trust property of all kinds and to exercise all necessary powers as trustee for such trust estates whose objects are related to the furtherance of the general purposes of the institute or for the establishment or maintenance of works of art.

Spark's Mission is to enrich the lives of young learners in the Rochester area by creating shared, interactive experiences that engage people of all ages in the joy of play, the power of learning, and a sense of community.

To develop and operate an innovative children’s museum serving the Pikes Peak region. We envision the museum as a dynamic place for discovery and imagination, sparking a passion for lifelong learning.

The objectives of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution are promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism. We accomplish our mission through over 2,700 chapters in the US and twelve foreign countries. Our Americana Collection houses over 5,000 documents focusing on early America. The DAR Library includes 160,000 volumes of genealogical information. The DAR Museum, which is free and open to the public, is home to a collection of over 30,000 objects and 31 Period Rooms prior to 1840.

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TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES AND RELATED MATERIALS, TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND USE OF SAME TO EXPLAIN THEIR IMPORTANCE TO AUTOMOBILE HISTORY AND TO ERECT, EQUIP, AND MAINTAIN MUSEUM BUILDINGS AND A LIBRARY TO HOUSE THE COLLECTION.