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Our Past Year Highlights So much changed for SEMC between March 2020 and December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic including the way we operate, the way we provide programming and connection, and the way we communicate with our membership, as well as transitions in SEMC leadership, staff, and Council members. What has NOT changed is our organizational mission and vision:
SEMC Mission
The Southeastern Museums Conference is a networking organization that serves to foster professionalism, mutual support, and communication. A non-profit membership association, SEMC strives to increase educational and professional development opportunities and improve the interchange of ideas, information, and cooperation.
SEMC Vision
The vision of SEMC is to be essential to its members and the broader museum community. During this past year, SEMC staff worked hard to keep the SEMC mission and vision primary as we continue to make necessary adjustments, engage the membership through updated methods of digital communication, and produce quality professional development opportunities and programs in ways that meet the moment and acknowledge the ongoing challenges and successes museums are experiencing across our region. The Southeastern Museums Conference continued to navigate organizational and operational
adjustments in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines provided the world with essential protection against the ever-changing virus, and SEMC remained nimble in its approach to member engagement, professional programming, networking (both virtual and in-person), and communication methods that spanned many digital platforms. 2022 was another transformational year for the Southeastern Museums Conference. The pace was fast and the ongoing uncertainties of a post-pandemic world continued to necessitate new ways of operating, communicating, and gathering. We persevered. The following pages contain reflection on all SEMC accomplished as a professional organization in 2022. The staff, leadership, members, member museums, and industry partners have been strong, creative, and agile, and continue to show resilience, empathy, and determination to enact necessary changes to keep the field relevant, connected, and supportive of the communities museums serve.
Programs At the outset of 2022, despite the troubling spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, vaccines continued to provide hope for a return to in-person gatherings later in the year. While we looked forward, pandemic adjustments from 2020/2021 continued to inspire SEMC staff and leadership to provide professional development
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