Strategic partners Partner with CHS to co-create historical exhibits and digital collections, leveraging Santa Monica History Museum collaboration and CHS’s growing public storytelling projects to expand cross-market reach and grant funding opportunities.

Digital expansion Capitalize on CHS’s digital library initiatives and WordPress/Shopify tech stack to offer scalable online program collaborations, virtual tours, and e-commerce partnerships for museum shop merchandise and educational resources.

Community engagement Propose citizen-history campaigns and crowd-sourced storytelling partnerships to boost audience participation, increase donor prospects, and diversify funding streams aligned with CHS’s mission to connect Californians with diverse histories.

Funding opportunities Highlight grant-ready collaboration angles tied to CHS’s past state funding, executive leadership changes, and education-focused initiatives to surface co-investment or sponsorship deals with foundations and public-sector programs.

Educational alignment Position products and services around K-12 history education initiatives, leveraging CHS’s history-social science partnerships and primary-source archives to offer curricular resources, teacher professional development, and classroom-ready experiences.