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Announcing AAM’s 2022-2023 Board Officers

By Natanya Khashan

For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, announced the slate of officers to lead its board of directors in 2022-2023: Chair: …
#InviteCongress to Visit Your Museum and Contact Representatives

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – June 17, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: #InviteCongress: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum is August 15-19! Take Action: Urge Your Representative to Support the Office of Museum Services (OMS) Making the …
How Are Museums Celebrating Juneteenth This Year?

By Joseph O'Neill

As of 2021, the United States has a new federal holiday: Juneteenth. In the years since June 19, 1865—when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and free the remaining African Americans …
Nurturing a People-Centered Work Culture

By Molly Giordano

In March 2020, I gave birth to my second child, just two months after becoming the Delaware Art Museum’s Interim Executive Director and days into the COVID-19 lockdown. In those early weeks, I naively thought I could hunker down in my …
CARE-apy: Analyzing Data for Action

By American Alliance of Museums

You’ve figured out your evaluation questions and methods and collected your data, but now what? Join us for a CARE-apy discussion about what happens after your evaluation data have been collected. We will talk about considerations and …
In Praise of Mission Creep

By Elizabeth Merritt

My focus this year is on exploring the ways museums serve as essential infrastructure for their communities: improving education for our children, creating livable communities for our elders, fostering mental health, helping prepare for …
2022 National Census of History Organizations: A Report on the History Community in the United States

By John R. Dichtl

The American Association for State and Local History released the 2022 National Census of History Organizations at the beginni…
#AAM2022 General Session: Chevy Humphrey, Laura Lott, and Karen McNeely

By American Alliance of Museums

The General Session of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo took place on May 20, 2022 with Chevy Humphrey, AAM Board Chair and President and CEO of the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago; Laura Lott, AAM President & CEO; …
Big Global Trends: An #AAM2022 Keynote by Thomas L. Friedman

By American Alliance of Museums

Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author, and journalist, opened the Museums in Society focus area of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo with his keynote, “Big Global Trends,” followed by a Q&A …
The Path to Financial Recovery and Resilience: An #AAM2022 Keynote by Michael Bobbitt

By American Alliance of Museums

Michael Bobbitt, Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council, opened the Financial Wellness focus area of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo with his keynote, “The Path to Financial Recovery and Resilience,” followed …