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Dear Liz,

This would be a great question for the new ACUMG-L listserv. It serves over 
1,600 museum professionals at academic museums. ACUMG stands for Association 
of College & University Museums & Galleries. You can learn more on our 
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Our particular museum has grown out of the coalescence of seven divisions of 
life sciences collections comprising 425,000 specimens from fossils to DNA. We 
are an integral part of the university and have not sought independent status.

I know of other state museums of natural history that are located on college 
campuses, but have their own line item budgets from the state legislature, but 
I'm not sure if any of them have official 501(c)3 status above and beyond 
their being not-for-profit through their governmental affiliation. This would 
be an excellent question for the ACUMG-L group.

All the Best!

Stefan

Dr. Stefan Sommer, 
Director, Colorado Plateau Biodiversity Center

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>Hello. I was wondering if you know of any science museums that are located at 
universities, but still maintain their autonomy and
>501(c)3 status. Any and all info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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>Liz Nohra, Executive Director
>Children's Museum of the Valley
>Youngstown, Ohio
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Dr. Stefan Sommer, Director of Education
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Northern Arizona University
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