Partnership created April 11, 2008 with the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Museums Association to offer a series of grant and training workshop opportunities to qualifying Utah museums in order to improve their methods of public presentation, historical research, and exhibition messaging. The first stage of Initiative programming, the Museum Interpretation Grant, will begin spring 2008. The Initiative was developed in response to two surveys focusing on Utah museum needs. The first survey was completed in 2006 by the Utah Office of Museum Services in partnership with the Utah Museums Association and the International Society of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers; the second was completed in 2007 by the Utah Humanities Council. These surveys identified “interpretation assistance” as a primary need of the Utah museum community.

http://www.utahhumanities.org/