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Social Experiences and Museums, Part Four: A 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story

By Susie Wilkening

This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the survey partners with individual museums to research …
Mining the 2025 Annual National Snapshot of US Museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

How do doctors assess your health? Asking how you feel is important, but objective, measurable data—pulse, blood pressure, cholesterol—is critical to flagging potential problems and identifying possible remedies. And collectively, health …
2025 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

About the Report The 2025 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums survey, conducted by AAM, was fielded in July and August 2025. It tracked key metrics that the Alliance began collecting in June 2020 to assess the impact of the …
National Survey Reveals Alarming Downturn: Museums Face Worst Financial Outlook Since Pandemic

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released its annual report on the current state of United States museums. …
Social Experiences and Museums, Part Three: A 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story

By Susie Wilkening

This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the survey partners with individual museums to research …
Insights into Making Museum Career Moves

By American Alliance of Museums

Whether you’re a student, emerging professional, or seasoned museum leader, this webinar will help you chart your next career move with confidence. Watch career management experts Greg Stevens, Founding Principal of Purple Cow Career and …
AAM Statement on the Theft of the Oakland Museum of California’s Collection

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release We were deeply saddened to learn of the theft of approximately 1,000 objects from the Oakland Museum of California’s collection storage facility. This significant loss reverberates throughout the entire museum …
Unique Hosting Opportunity: The World’s Most Important Jesus-Era Artifacts

By Golcan

A Story Hidden for Two Millennia A limestone box, unearthed in Jerusalem in the mid-1970s, became world-famous when it was first publicly displayed in 2002, drawing over 120,000 visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum. Inscribed in Aramaic …
Social Experiences and Museums, Part Two: A 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story

By Susie Wilkening

This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the survey partners with individual museums to research …
Supporting JANM and Unlocking the Future

By Ann Burroughs

It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is easier to raise capital for bricks-and-mortar than for projects that are less tangible, but may be more closely aligned with a museum’s mission and a community’s needs. How can …