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Statement on La Salle University Proposal to Deaccession Works of Art for Non-museum Investments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2018 ARLINGTON, VA ─ The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), an organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, and the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), an organization … -
Museum Assessment Program (MAP) Program Accepting Applications Through February 1
For Immediate Release January 4, 2017 ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, is accepting applications for the 2017 Museum Assessment Program … -
Top Ten Takeaways from the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening
Greetings, and Happy New Year! This is Sage Morgan-Hubbard and Megan Lantz from AAM writing to share some of our top takeaways from Museums & Schools: The LA Convening. AAM co-hosted this event with the Partnership for Los Angeles … -
How I Rewrote the Future of the Anthropocene
The digital edition of Museum 2040 has been downloaded over 2000 times, and I’m tremendously encouraged by the feedback I’ve received from readers. As I’d hoped, museum people are using this exercise in immersive future fiction as a … -
Meeting of The Minds: To get the most from your board, figure out what you need—and what trustees can provide.
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Academics and practitioners have written for decades about the roles nonprofit board members should perform. With all this scholarship, you’d think it … -
Board Power: When the High Desert Museum suddenly lost state grant funding, current and former trustees sprang into action.
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of Museum magazine. It was a quiet Friday afternoon in March 2016 when I received a disturbing email from the Oregon Arts Commission. It informed me that the High Desert … -
Units of Measure: Key findings from Museum Board Leadership 2017: A National Report.
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of Museum magazine. In the spring of 2017, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) released the results of a national governance survey of museums it conducted in …
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