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The Survey of Texas Museums 2026

The Survey of Texas Museums from Texas Historical Commission Museum Services is a statewide survey that will help inform decisions impacting our work for years to come. This is a chance to put your lived experience to work, letting us know what you and your colleagues need, what’s missing, what’s working, and where we should aim higher. Your input will directly guide priorities, resources, and support designed to strengthen the work of history doers in institutions of every size and setting.

The more voices we hear, the better we can build services that reflect the full breadth, complexity, and ambition of Texas museums and historic sites.

This survey can be completed in about 5 minutes.
1.What is currently your primary role in museums and historic sites?(Required.)
2.How many years’ work experience do you have working in museums and historic sites?(Required.)
3.What type of institution does your organization primarily identify as?(Required.)
4.Please indicate which of the following themes in Texas history are represented by your organization’s historic assets (buildings, landscapes, cemeteries and/or museum/archival collections):(Required.)
5.How many paid staff, full- or part-time, does your organization currently employ?(Required.)
6.How many volunteers, including volunteer board members, regularly work with your organization?(Required.)
7.How many people visited your museum last year?(Required.)
8.What is your highest priority training need for volunteers and/or paid staff:(Required.)
9.Which topic area(s) would you like to see more of in our webinar series?(Required.)
10.What services would you most like to see us provide or facilitate that we don’t currently? Please select up to THREE.(Required.)
11.Which features of our Bulletin eNewsletter do you find most useful?(Required.)
12.What other services and/or programs of the Texas Historical Commission have you or your organization accessed?(Required.)
13.If Museum Services staff held scheduled online office hours via Zoom that you could log into to ask questions, would this be useful to you or your team?(Required.)
14.Does your organization have an emergency plan?(Required.)
15.Which of the following Core Documents does your organization have? (check all that apply)(Required.)
16.Anything else you want us to know?