American Precision Museum Association
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Exhibits
The museum's exhibits are open to the public daily from 10-5 from May 1st through the end of October. The museum is now open 10-4 on weekdays from Nov 1 through the end of April. We welcome 5,000 visitors, including adult tours and school groups, annually. In the off season, we are open on the weekends by appointment.
APM x Sparkshop STEM Kits
APM partnered with Sparkshop, a nonprofit from the Chicago area, to create a physical kit and digital lessons for students (and their teachers or parents) in grades 4 - 6.
These cross-disciplinary lessons are all focused on a theme, such as Energy Transfer or Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing, and link history, engineering, language, and more to that theme. These kits bring manufacturing and history to life in creative, exciting and interactive exercises, and are available to museum visitors and their families, schools, or homeschoolers.
Working Machine Shop ("Innovation Station")
Each year since 2007 we have recruited, hired and trained high school student interns to do demonstrations for visitors on historic machines in our education collection, and increasingly, modern machines. Our interns learn workplace readiness skills and experience speaking with the public, working alongside the staff, as well as opportunities to learn more about manufacturing careers.
Visitors enjoy seeing the machines (such as gear shapers, turret lathes, 3D printers, and CNC mills) at work.
Model Engineering Show
The show is held on the first Saturday in October at the museum. Fine craftsman/hobbyists share their tiny creations with the public.
Where we work
Awards
Official Site 2001
Save America's Treasures
Grant Award for Historic Preservation 2003
Save America's Treasures
Heritage Site and Collection 1986
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
selected as model project for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant program 2010
National Endowment for the Humanities
External reviews

Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of free admissions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Exhibits
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of paid admissions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Exhibits
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of paid participants of guided tours
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Exhibits
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of students educated through field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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American Precision Museum Association
Board of directorsas of 10/25/2023
Mr. Lee Morris
Lee Morris
Barbara George
Christopher Gray
Greg Jones
Richard Kline
Larry Schwartz
Greg Kaufman
Eric Hagopian
Don Thomas
Rob Caron
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.