Collaboration is key to ELM's work. Partnerships include museums and other organizations committed to the education of children and represent institutions from around the world. Notable partnerships - Through a United Nations grant, Dr. Sharon Shaffer worked in Kuwait over the course of a year, collaborating with educators at the Amricani Cultural Center, a museum representing the largest collection of Islamic Art and artifacts in the world. Currently, Shaffer has a three-year appointment as a senior advisor with Children's Museum Research Center, at Beijing Normal University, China where her work focuses on curriculum development and professional training for new children's museums and a museum school.