Santa Monica History Museum Announces Access Program for LowIncome Families

Program provides those receiving food assistance (SNAP) visiting the Santa Monica History Museum free admission

The Santa Monica History Museum has announced that it has joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum-going habits. IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums

The new program in Santa Monica provides those receiving food assistance (SNAP) visiting the Santa Monica History Museum free admission, for up to four people, with the presentation of a SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Similar free and reduced admission is available to eligible members of the public at more than 850 museums across the country. Museums for All is part of the Santa Monica History Museum’s broad commitment to seek, include, and welcome all audiences. possibilities.”

“We’re thrilled to be part of this program to make museums accessible to the communities they serve,” said Santa Monica History Museum Executive Director Rob Schwenker.

Museums for All is a program that helps expand access to museums and also raise public awareness about how museums in the U.S. are reaching their entire communities. More than 850 institutions participate in the initiative, including art museums, children’s museums, science centers, botanical gardens, zoos, history museums, and more. Participating museums are located nationwide, representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Among her notable achievements include transforming ArtsDay into a month-long celebration throughout Los Angeles County and designing groundbreaking grants programs that have supported arts nonprofits dedicated to health and social services. She also spearheaded efforts toward achieving diversity, equity and inclusion goals at 99% Invisible podcast.

She begins with an annual salary of $176,648.

Klatzker will be replacing Shannon Daut, who has been the City’s Cultural Affairs Manager for nearly seven years. Daut will be moving back to her roots in Colorado for her partner’s career.

“I will greatly miss the wonderful Cultural Affairs team and the arts community here, and will always cherish the work we were able to accomplish together. When the world turned upside down in March of 2020, our work changed significantly—but even through the upheaval I am proud we were able to create new initiatives and approaches to how and why we do the work we do in service to our community. From developing the generative

Art of Recovery program that put artists to work on the City’s recovery efforts, to creating the Acknowledge and Reframe Together (Reframe) initiative, which produces public art and civic memory projects that center community voices with the aim of creating a more just and equitable Santa Monica, we have built impactful programs that serve artists and the community in new ways,” Daut said in a farewell note.