WHY JOIN?

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

A nonprofit membership organization, SEMC is an association of museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners. We focus on the Southeastern United State including: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.


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RECIPROCITY PROGRAM!


Find out more about our SERM program and the participating museums

SUPPORT US!

Support SEMC and our programs with a donation to our Endowment or the Legacy Society.

AFFINITY GROUPS

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

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registration for semc2025 is open!

Join US in Montgomery this fall!

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October 20-22, 2025
Montgomery, Alabama

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SEMC is proud to share our 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year of growth, resilience, and collaboration across our museum community.

Explore our impact, milestones, and what’s ahead for 2025!


Join us for our next Virtual Program! head over to our Virtual Programs page for details!


The SEMC 2025-2027 Strategic  plan is now available!

Make sure to enable "full screen" on the ISSUU platform for best viewing of this online publication!

Or view the Plan as a PDF

Read the winter 2025 edition of Inside SEMC!

Thank you to all who contributed!

The next submission deadline is July 30, 2025

Have you visited the Museum Learning Hub? 

Free, self-paced technology training!

Visit the Hub!

Southeastern Museums Conference Land Acknowledgement 

SEMC acknowledges that our offices in Atlanta, Georgia are headquartered on the traditional lands of the Muscogee (Creekand 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.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SUPPORTERS

                     

                               

                                                                                                                                            


  

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