We can’t do this alone. Collaboration and partnerships are key to our strategy for cultural heritage and disasters. The process of protecting cultural heritage is a worldwide effort, and the Smithsonian is only one of many organizations that have devoted resources to this exceptionally worthy cause. Below is a list of coordinating organizations and financial supporters who we turn to in order to enhance our disaster outreach capabilities:
Coordinating and Supporting Organizations
- Anadolu Kültür
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Gerda Henkel Foundation
- Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF)
- Hollings Center for International Dialogue
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
- International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiques and Heritage (IICAH)
- Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (PennCHC)
- Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
- The American Academic Research Institute of Iraq (TAARII)
- The Day After Association (TDA)
- U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield (USCBS)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- United States Department of State (USDOS)
- United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
- University of Maryland (UMD)
Funders
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Bank of America
- J.M. Kaplan Fund
- John and Carolyn Peterson Family Fund via the Smithsonian Grand Challenges Consortia
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Smithsonian Women’s Committee
- Sotheby’s
Smithsonian Partners
- Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Freer and Sackler Galleries
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Lunder Conservation Center
- Museum Conservation Institute
- National Collections Program
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of African Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Portrait Gallery
- National Postal Museum
- Office of International Relations
- Office of Planning and Project Management, Office of Facilities Engineering and Operation
- Office of Protection Services
- Smithsonian Affiliations
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Smithsonian Latino Center
