Croatian Museum Association
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Croatian Museum Association (CMA; ) is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization. CMA is the association of citizens concerned with the promotion of the growth and advancement of museum profession and the protection of the common interests of museum workers. CMA has the status of legal entity and is active in the Republic of Croatia. CMA and the public The work of CMA is public. The public is being informed about its work through the journal of CMA, public media, open sessions, etc. The Seat The seat of the Association mostly moves from museum to museum, usually the museum of the current president, and that museum also provides logistic support to the Association. The current seat of the CMA is at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb Funding The funds of the Association come from the following sources: membership fees, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, the Office of Culture of the Local Administration, the income from publishing, exhibitions, events, meetings, services provided by CMA, donations. Controversies related to work of CMA Only 36% of professionals employed in Croatian museums are members of CMA - according to the data updated 15 May 2012, HMD has 359 members / including retirees, as well as some administrative and non-museum staff. /. The total number of professional museum workers in 2008 was 986/according to statistics of MDC
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