21st Century Museum Professional Program

The 21st Century Museum Professional (21MP) grant program supports projects that build career pathways, strengthen professional networks, and identify and share effective workforce education and training practices in the museum field. The goals of the program are to: • Support the professional development of the current museum workforce; and • Recruit and train future museum professionals. The primary audiences for this program are museums, museum service organizations and affiliated nonprofits, and museum professionals. Secondary audiences include museum visitors and future museum professionals. Eligibility is restricted to organizations that are: • Located in the United States or any U.S. Territories or freely associated States; AND • A unit of state, local or Tribal government or a private, nonprofit organization; AND • A museum, an organization or association related to the museum field, an institution of higher education.