This session discusses three projects at local museums that seemed insurmountable, including moving a historic village to a new location and developing, opening, and accrediting a new museum in under three years. The presentation provides detailed information on strategies for completing and funding the impossible. Chair: Neal Hitch, Executive Director, Imperial Valley Desert Museum, Ocotillo, CA. Download at: http://resource.aaslh.org/view/achieving-the-impossible-strategies-for-completing-projects-that-seem-unlikely/