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Announcing AAM’s 2022-2023 Board Officers
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
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