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Speak Up for Museums: The AAM Guide to Advocacy

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Nominate Your Member of Congress for an Award

Each year, the Alliance presents awards to a few select members of Congress who have demonstrated their support of museums.

  • 2012: Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
  • 2011: Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
  • 2010: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)
  • 2009: Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY), Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)

Nominations are accepted each year from the museum field, and honorees are selected by our Museums Advocacy Day Advisory Committee.

Awards are presented during Museums Advocacy Day, at the Congressional reception on Capitol Hill. 

We invite you to nominate your Member of Congress. Tell us why they should be honored and how your museum has engaged them in the work of your museum.  Nominations will be accepted for the 2013 Museums Advocacy Day through Nov. 30.