The Art Newspaper gives background information on the news that the US State Department is funding a new museum initiative designed to advance US foreign policy. The department’s cultural-diplomacy arm, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has established a programme in conjunction with the American Association of Museums (AAM), that will see US museums collaborating with foreign institutions in “community-focused” partnerships.

Proposals that include foreign museums pre-selected by US Embassies and Consulates “may receive additional consideration by the MCCA Selection Committee”, the application guidelines state.The State Department requires that (these proposals include a statement explaining: “How this project promotes US foreign policy.”

Read full article (The Art Newspaper, July 12, 2007)

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