STEPS-IMA – IMA

The Iowa Museum Association offers STEPS-IMA to enable organizations to progress toward best practices, grow in capacity to serve their communities as stewards, economic engines, and tourism attractions, and help ensure their sustainability.

The Iowa Museum Association offers a series of modules on core industry topics to enable organizations to progress toward best practices, grow in capacity to serve their communities as stewards, economic engines, and tourism attractions, and help ensure their sustainability.

The Iowa Museum Association offers a series of modules on core industry topics to enable organizations to progress toward best practices, grow in capacity to serve their communities as stewards, economic engines, and tourism attractions, and help ensure their sustainability.

Next learning cohort will begin January 2026. Applications will be taken Fall 2025.

The Iowa Museum Association offers STEPS-IMA, the American Association for State and Local History’s Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations.

Six core modules cover:

Mission, Vision, Governance
Audience and Community Engagement
Interpretation
Stewardship of collections
Stewardship of Historic Structures and Landscapes
Management

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Thank You:

Dr. Heidi Lung for designing the framework for STEPS-IMA

Scholarships & Sponsors

Wallace and Beverly Winkie Foundation

Dr. Heidi Lung

National Endowment for the Humanities American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations

Humanities Iowa