Asia Pacific Museum Exchange

Asia-Pacific Museum Exchange (APME) is a collaborative initiative implemented by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the National Park Service, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Heritage Center. This program brings together cultural heritage specialists to exchange best practices, strengthen international ties, and build professional networks across the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and the United States. With support from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the U.S. National Park Service’s Regional Cultural Resources Division for the Pacific West, the Museum Management Program, and the University of Hawaiʻi Center for Southeast Asian Studies developed and implemented APME via the Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.