A cadre of professional folklorists came together to provide insight into their unique programs and roles directing state folk arts and folklife programs within or in partnership with university-based museums. Partnerships explored in this article include: (1) Traditional Arts Indiana at Indiana University's Mathers Museum (Jon Kay); (2) The Kentucky Folklife Program and the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University (Brent Björkman and Virginia Siegel); (3) Michigan Traditional Arts Program at Michigan State University Museum and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (Marsha MacDowell and C. Kurt Dewhurst); (4) Missouri Folk Arts Program at the University of Missouri's Museum of Art and Archaeology in Partnership with the Missouri Arts Council (Lisa L. Higgins); and (5) University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum, the Folklife Resource Center, and the South Carolina Arts Commission--A Partnership (Saddler Taylor).