The White Oak Institute is a nonprofit formed by the owner/principals of White Oak Associates, Inc. and benefiting from that company's resources and 39 years of service to the museum field.

Who we are:

Mission:

The mission of the White Oak Institute is to further innovation in the museum field through research, analysis, and dissemination of data-based findings drawn from museum impact and operating data.

Vision:

The Institute involves museum leaders and experts in the field-wide dialogue and research needed to inform management's major decisions and to advance promising innovations.

Value
Proposition:

A unique characteristic of the Institute's methodologies is the engagement of high-level museum managers and other professionals as investigators, working with their colleagues in processes supported and facilitated by the Institute's data analysis and synthesis and our dialogue facilitation resources, including a superb meeting place for group collaboration in historic Marblehead, MA.

Goal:

More economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable museums that are better able to serve the public by offering more effective and efficient community services.

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PO Box 1164, Marblehead, MA 01945
p: 781-639-0722, f: 781-639-2491
email: [email protected]

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Please click here to access White Oak's free library and to view recent research findings and reports. This free library is maintained by White Oak Associates as a public service, and it includes writings generated by both White Oak Associates and the White Oak Institute that are relevant to museum professionals.

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