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Through the passion of our team, the Los Angeles Zoo is leading the way in saving wildlife and connecting Angelenos to the natural world by providing exemplary animal care, delivering distinctive and diverse learning opportunities, and creating unforgettable experiences. Saving Wildlife. Enriching Our Communities. Creating Connections to Nature.

To advance the long-term survival of bears worldwide by replacing misconceptions with scientific facts about bears, their role in ecosystems, and their relations with humans THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN ELY, MN, WWW.BEAR.ORG WEBSITE, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

The mission of theItalian American Museum of Los Angeles is to foster a deeper understanding ofSouthern California and the nation’s heritage through research, historicpreservation, exhibitions and educational programs that examine the history andcontinuing contributions of Italian Americans and Italians.

The purposes for which the Art Institute of Chicago is formed are: to found, build, maintain, and operate museums, schools, libraries of art, and theaters; to provide support facilities in connection therewith; to conduct appropriate activities conducive to the artistic development of the region; and to conduct and participate in appropriate activities of national and international significance; To form, conserve, research, publish, and exhibit a permanent collection of objects of art of all kinds; to present temporary exhibitions that include loaned objects of art of all kinds; and to cultivate and extend the arts by appropriate means; To establish and conduct comprehensive programs of education, including presentation of visual artists, teachers of art, and designers; to provide educational services in written, spoken, and media formats; To provide lectures, instruction, and entertainment, including dramatic, film, and musical performances of all kinds, which complement and further the general purposes of the institute; To receive in trust property of all kinds and to exercise all necessary powers as trustee for such trust estates whose objects are related to the furtherance of the general purposes of the institute or for the establishment or maintenance of works of art.

The Smithsonian's mission is "the increase and diffusion of knowledge." It was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson. The Institution is as an independent trust instrumentality of the United States and holds more than 137 million artifacts and specimens in its collections. It is a center for scientific research and scholarship in the arts, history, and culture.

Spark's Mission is to enrich the lives of young learners in the Rochester area by creating shared, interactive experiences that engage people of all ages in the joy of play, the power of learning, and a sense of community.

Founded in 1984, Windmore Foundation for the Arts encourages a lifelong passion for the fine arts by providing rich, artistic experiences for people of all ages.

To develop and operate an innovative children’s museum serving the Pikes Peak region. We envision the museum as a dynamic place for discovery and imagination, sparking a passion for lifelong learning.

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TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES AND RELATED MATERIALS, TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND USE OF SAME TO EXPLAIN THEIR IMPORTANCE TO AUTOMOBILE HISTORY AND TO ERECT, EQUIP, AND MAINTAIN MUSEUM BUILDINGS AND A LIBRARY TO HOUSE THE COLLECTION.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe, seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collections in particular, and the visual arts in general, to an increasing and increasingly diverse audience as a source of delight, illumination and lifelong learning.

To enrich the lives of the widest possible audience by engaging, informing, inspiring and transforming their perspectives through works of art and culture created worldwide over nearly 2000 years.