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IMLS, NEH Grant Terminations
Grant Termination As noted in previous alerts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has had its staff put on administrative leave with a lack of clarity on the status of …
March Advocacy Updates – IMLS Update and Take Action
March 26, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: IMLS Update As a follow up to last week’s Advocacy Alert, we wanted to provide you with a few updates and additional ways you can take …
Ask Your Museum’s Supporters to Save IMLS
Engaging your museum’s supporters and the public in museum advocacy can be a critical way to share the impacts recent Executive Orders have had on the museum field and garner support for …
Museums Advocacy Day 2025 Welcome Remarks
Good morning—I’m Marilyn Jackson, President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums and I’m happy to welcome you to the 17th annual Museums Advocacy Day. AAM was founded 119 years …
Getting Civic with Gen Z: A Q&A with Caroline Klibanoff of Made By Us
As museum staff, our workdays are filled with time-consuming tasks, our to-do lists constantly expanding with emails to write, memos to produce, projects to advance, and programs to put on. …
August Appropriations Update: Keep Speaking Up for Museums
In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: August Appropriations Update: Keep Speaking Up for Museums – Contact Congress #InviteCongress 2024: It’s Time for Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Civic …
Take Action Now! Urge Senators to Support Funding for IMLS
Advocacy Alert – July 24, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Take Action Now! Urge Senators to Support Funding for IMLS NEH/NEA: Amendments to Slash Funding Fail on House Floor …
Act Now: Contact Senators to Support OMS Funding
Advocacy Alert – May 3, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Act Now: Urge Your Senators to Support OMS Funding! Save the Date: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum is August 12-16 …
Speak Up for FY 2025 Funding for Museums
Advocacy Alert – April 3, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Representative to Support FY 2025 OMS Funding Now! Final FY 2024 Appropriations: Good News …
Speak Up for Museums During Museums Advocacy Day 2024
Advocacy Alert – February, 26 2024 Speak Up for Museums During Museums Advocacy Day 2024 Hundreds of museum advocates are gathering in Washington, D.C. for Museums Advocacy Day 2024 …
Hundreds of Advocates Meeting in Washington, DC with Members of Congress on Museums Advocacy Day 2024
For Immediate Release Washington, DC — More than 300 staff, students, board members, volunteers, supporters, and independent professionals who work for and with museums travelled to …
January Advocacy Resolutions – Speak up for Museums in 2024
Advocacy Alert – January 12, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Register Now: Museums Advocacy Day 2024 Registration Closes January 19! Take Action: Contact Congress in Support of …
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April Alert: Advocacy Activities, Updates on Federal Funding and IMLS
Advocacy Alert – April 28, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Upcoming Advocacy Activities Are you attending the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo? Learn about and connect …
Revisiting Wild Times: The Loss of Nonprofit Status
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In 2018 I published a scenario titled “Wild Times” set in a version of 2040 in which museums lost their nonprofit status due to a combination of political attacks, economic stress, and a …
Conference Confidence: How to connect and learn with purpose!
This recorded webinar on how to make the most of your in-person conference experience through Connection, Community, Collaboration, and Content. Learn practical strategies to engage …