SEMC at 75: Honoring our history. Building our future.
Join us throughout 2026 as we celebrate this milestone year.

Help us celebrate 75 years of SEMC by contributing your favorite conference and event photos.

Visit the SEMC 75th Anniversary page to upload your memories! 

WHY JOIN?

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is the major regional networking organization for museums and their staff in the southeastern states. 

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Once you join, you'll be able to:

  • Attend educational sessions
  • Share ideas
  • Learn from experts
  • Stay informed
  • Contribute to your profession

RECIPROCITY PROGRAM!


Find out more about our SERM program and the participating museums

AFFINITY GROUPS


Want to meet your regional peers and get more involved in a specific community of practice? Check out SEMC's Affinity Groups!

Register for SEMC2026!


Learn More 

Get a glimpse of everything SEMC 2026 has to offer!

SEMC 2026 Preliminary Program


August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

Created by acclaimed writer and director Ava DuVernay,  August 28: A Day in the Life of a People is a film, originally commissioned by NMAAHC in 2016 as part of the museum’s grand opening experience. For a 24-hour period, this film is being made available through a select group of partners to screen the film and reflect on the stories that connect our past, present, and future.

Watch The Video 

The August 28th film highlights pivotal moments in Black history that all occurred on a single date. The Southeastern Museums Conference presents this film to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.


SEMC 2025 Annual Report: A Year of Impact


View the 2025 Annual Report as a PDF

Have you seen the summer edition of Inside SEMC?


Or view the the Summer Edition as a PDF. The next submission deadline is in November 2026.


Enable "full screen" on the ISSUU platform for best viewing of this online publication!

Or view the Plan as a PDF

THANK YOU TO OUR Annual SUPPORTERS

        

                                                  

                                                                                                                                            

Thanks to Nick Gray and his new Patron View donor database project for partial website sponsorship in 2026.

  


Southeastern Museums Conference Land Acknowledgement : SEMC acknowledges that our offices in Atlanta, Georgia are headquartered on the traditional lands of the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee Peoples past and present. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it through the generations. As an organization, we commit to being better caretakers of the lands we inhabit and learning more about the native peoples that traditionally occupied these lands.