Mission
TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY, GRANTS, PROGRAMMING, AND MARKETING SUPPORT FOR THE CHRONICALLY UNDERFUNDED STATE-OWNED AND OPERATED LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM (LSM) SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CABILDO, PRESBYTERE, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM AT THE OLD U.S. MINT, SIX OTHER MUSEUM PROPERTIES, AND SIX MAJOR COLLECTIONS OF NEARLY 500,000 ARTIFACTS, PRIMARILY FOR THE SYSTEM'S THREE CORE SERVICE AREAS: EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS, AND EDUCATION/PUBLIC OUTREACH. IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS OF THE LSM SYSTEM, THE LMF SEEKS, ACCEPTS, AND ADMINISTERS GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, BEQUESTS, AND OTHER DONATIONS, AND PROVIDES MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND OTHER PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES. LMF ALSO PROVIDES EXHIBITION CONCEPTS AND GUEST CURATORS AND PRODUCES EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMMING IN CONNECTION WITH THE MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS.