Premier Museum & Organizational Membership
Our museum aspires to be a leader in the field with recognition for our commitment and wants the full suite of products and support services.
Benefits of Premier membership
- Individual Professional Memberships for all staff under one plan
- Affinity Communities: dedicated spaces to network with peers who share your role, interests, or experiences.
- Museum Leadership Academy priority: receive priority consideration for our premier program designed to strengthen leadership skills and organizational impact.
- Sample Documents access for all staff
- AAM Member Week: a members-only, four-day virtual event, October 27-30, 2026, built around community, advocacy, museum practice, and learning.
- CEO Foresight Newsletter: AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums delivers a curated newsletter of emerging trends and strategic perspectives.
- Annual Meeting registration discounts: save up to $200 on each registration
- Discounts on AAM’s Learning Courses: invest in your team’s development with AAM’s on-demand and live educational opportunities. Launching later this year.
- Customized assistance through AAM’s Information Center
- Access to online professional resources via AAM’s Resource Library
- 70% discount on accreditation fees
- Free first year of a new .ART domain for a personal website, portfolio, CV, and more
PLUS: All the benefits of Essential & Plus museum membership
Premier (formerly known as Tier 3+) is available as an upgrade to Plus Museum & Organizational Membership, providing Individual Professional Memberships for all your staff (up to your current staff size) at a cost-effective group rate.
Premier Museum & Organizational Membership Dues are based on a museum’s staff size.*
| Museum Staff Size | Membership Dues | ||
| 0-3 | $285 | ||
| 4-10 | $895 | ||
| 11-25 | $1,890 | ||
| 26-50 | $3,780 | ||
| 51-100 | $6,300 | ||
| 100+ | $9,975 |
* Current staff size refers to full- and part-time staff, board members and trustees, interns, graduate and postdoctoral fellows, and volunteer positions.
Renew your Museum & Organizational membership
Welcome New Members! If you are joining AAM as an organization for the first time, the Membership Department will need to create a record for your organization in our database. Please complete this application form and email it to membership@aam-us.org