The Museum Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University (MLI@CGU), California, United States, is an educational program that brings museum professionals, board members, academics, philanthropists and public officials together for continued professional development. Supported by the

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, it was founded as the Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University in 1979.

History

Former

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President Melody Kanschat was appointed the new executive director of GLI in April 2013. Antoniette Guglielmo, an art historian and educator who worked at LACMA,

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, and the

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, was appointed Assistant Director in August 2013. In September 2019, MLI @ CGU was awarded a $484,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to launch a new online mentoring network for museum professionals called Polaris.

Programs

MLI@CGU runs two blended-learning programs annually: NextGen for mid-level managers, and MLI for senior-level executives. *MLI: The Museum Leadership Institute *NextGen *NextGen Now *NextGen China *Polaris

References

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