Museum & Community Partnerships: Collaboration Guide for museums working with community youth-serving organizations

This guide offers an introduction to collaborations between museums and youth-serving community organizations. While this guide is designed specifically for museums and community organizations, much of the content contained in this document can be applied to all kinds and levels of partnerships. This guide includes an overview of why to collaborate, levels of partnerships, how to start a partnership, and a variety of resources to sustain and deepen your collaborative relationships. Sprinkled throughout this document is advice from experienced collaborators as well as examples of different ways museums and community organizations are collaborating to increase access for underserved audiences, improve STEM equity, increase school readiness, support family learning, and engage different audiences.