About APME
Our Story
Launched in 2024, the Asia Pacific Museum Exchange (APME) supported museum and heritage professionals in developing and sharing best practices for stewarding sites, collections, and traditions across the Asia-Pacific region. The two-year pilot program included a virtual webinar series and an in-person Face2Face (F2F) Workshop in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, bringing together 28 museum professionals, with thirteen selected to attend the F2F Workshop.
Fellows
Together, the cohort reimagined how museums, libraries, archives, and historic sites are managed, maintained, and shared with their communities. By witnessing each other’s dedication to caring for cultural materials, the APME participants practiced transnational solidarity and explored ways to address and heal the legacies of colonial histories through museum stewardship.
Affiliate Institutions
- American Samoa Cultural Heritage Collective
- Belau National Museum
- Irama Nusantara
- Museum of East Nusa Tenggara
- Northern Mariana Islands Museum of History & Culture
- University of San Carlos Museum
Community Partners
- Dr. Jennifer Fang, PhD, Director of Exhibits, Wing Luke Museum, Guest Speaker
- Scott “Cloudwatcher” Allen, PhD Candidate in Learning Design and Technology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Community Educator & Advisor
- Alana Kanahele, Director of Research and Training at Waimea Valley, PhD Candidate in Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Guest Speaker
- Jennifer Fang, Director of Exhibits at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, Washington, Ph.D. in American History, University of Delaware, Former Director and Curator at Pittock Mansion, Japanese American Museum of Oregon, and Portland Chinatown Museum
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
- Hawaiʻi State Archives
- Mānoa Heritage Center
- Preservation in Collections Services Division, UH Hamilton Library
- UH Center for Oral History
- Center for Pacific Islands Studies
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Mayorʻs Office of Culture and Arts
- Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
- UH Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program
- East-West Center Arts Program
- Jean Charlot Collection, UH Hamilton Library
- Pacific Collections, UH Hamilton Library
- UH Campus Arboretum
- Waikiki Aquarium
Program Administration
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies
- Dr. Miriam Stark, Director & APME Principal Investigator
- Dianne Shen, APME Program Coordinator
- Manami Oyama, APME Website Assistant
- Dr. Teri Skillman, Associate Director & APME Director
- Teaghan Carruth, APME Program Assistant
- Myra Yamamoto, Administrative Officer, College of Arts, Languages & Letters
- Red Neil David, Fiscal Assistant, CSEAS
- U.S. State Department
- Martin Perschler, Program Director, U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Erin Leckey, Program Officer, Heritage Science and Community-Centered Cultural Preservation, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- National Park Service
- Elaine Jackson-Retondo, Cultural Resources and Science Division Manager
- Mary Troy, Chief Curator, Museum Management Program
- Joan Bacharach, Senior Curator, Museum Management Program
- Dara Shore, Instructor & Contractor, National Park Service
- Jade Moniz-Nakamura, Hawai'i-Pacific Islands CESU Science Advisor
- Cari Kreshak, Contractor, National Park Service
