FRIENDS SMALL MUSEUMS COMMITTEE:

The Mission of the USFFM Small Museums Committee

As the arts curriculum is being cut from local school budgets all over the United States, USFFM believes that museums can assume a unique role in our society by bringing families of different cultural backgrounds and economic classes together, and providing young people with a creative way of thinking, USFFM is committed to assisting small museums in this endeavor.

We are implementing a grant program to stimulate the interest of young people in their museums and in their cultural heritage through educational activities. As the program progresses, an exchange of information will be developed in our U.S. museums and, internationally, with our colleagues in the World Federation of Friends of Museums.
For further information please contact:

USFFM
1 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Suite 1200
Washington D.C. 20036-5137

Painting Credits

* Kunwar Sabal Singhji, c. 1880–1900 / Unknown Artist / Oil on canvas; original wood frame inscribed in gold / 27 3/16 x    25 3/16 in. (69.06 x 63.98 cm) / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Southern Asian Art Council / Photo © 2009 Museum    Associates/LACMA
* Long Chair, 1935–36 / Marcel Breuer; Isokon Furniture Co. Ltd., / Laminated birch frame, molded plywood seat / Overall:    30 x 56 1/2 x 24 in. (76.2 x 143.51 x 60.96 cm) / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Decorative Arts and Design    Council Fund / Photo © 2009 Museum Associates/LACMA
* Joseph R. Blackburn / Portrait of Captain John Pigott, c. 1700–1763 / Oil on canvas / 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
   Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the American Art Council in honor of the /    Museum’s twenty-fifth anniversary / Photo © 2009 Museum Associates/LACMA