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.
© The White Oak Institute
PO Box 1164, Marblehead, MA 01945
p: 781-639-0722, f: 781-639-2491
email: [email protected]
For information regarding our affiliate White Oak Associates, please go to www.whiteoakassoc.com
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Recent research findings and reports:
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.