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Alliance and Sam Noble Museum Make the Case for Museums on Capitol Hill
Advocacy Alert – May 2, 2018 Alliance and Sam Noble Museum Testify Before House Appropriations Subcommittee On Thursday, April 26 Michael A. Mares, PhD, Director, Sam Noble Museum at the University of Oklahoma testified before the … -
Record Support from Senators for Office of Museum Services Funding
Advocacy Alert: April 18, 2018 Record Support from Senators for Office of Museum Services Funding Building on an unprecedented level of support in the U.S. House of Representatives, last week a record 40 U.S. Senators joined a letter … -
Act Now: Urge Senators to Support the Office of Museum Services
Fresh off last week’s news of a $3 million increase to the FY 2018 budget for the IMLS Office of Museum Services, the process for determining funding levels for FY 2019 has already begun in earnest.After a record-breaking 183 … -
Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Includes Good News for Museums!
Advocacy Alert: March 22, 2018 Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Includes Good News for Museums! Last night, congressional negotiators unveiled the details of a Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus spending bill that will determine funding for federal agencies … -
Tax Proposal Released; Charitable Giving Endangered
Earlier today, Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives released the text of their long-awaited tax overhaul proposal. While the legislation preserves the charitable deduction, it makes other changes to the tax code that … -
Museums and Tax Reform: Get the Facts and Take Action Today!
Yesterday, Congress took key steps in paving the way for comprehensive tax reform legislation, and museums have a lot at stake. The Practical Impact of Budget Resolutions After months of uncertainty, the U.S. House of Representatives … -
House Approves FY 2018 Spending Measure; What You Can Do Now
On September 14, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 3354) by a vote of 211-198 to provide $1.23 trillion for an omnibus Fiscal Year 2018 spending package. We’ve pored through the relevant sections of the bill, and … -
#InviteCongress to Visit Your Museum Week
Photo: Oklahoma Secretary of State, Chris Benge, and Deputy Assistant of Native American Affairs, Brian Hendrix, visit the Osage Nation Museum during #InviteCongress 2016. Photo credit: Osage Nation Museum With the stakes higher than ever, … -
Nearly 950 Museums Join Fieldwide Letter to Congress
We are thrilled to announce that museum advocates have spoken loud and clear to congressional leaders; nearly 950 museums and related organizations signed on to a letter to save the key federal programs that help museums serve their … -
750 Museums Sign Fieldwide Letter So Far
A Positive Step! Today, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would provide $231 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This development comes just one day after the committee approved $145 …
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Cracking the Gen Z Code: How Museums Are Rethinking Membership to Engage Younger Audiences
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Alliance Blog
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Museums and Censorship: A 2026 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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Alliance Blog
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Accessibility by Design: Empowering Staff for Human-Centered Change
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On-Demand Programs
What does it mean to build a truly human-centered museum? This webinar supports staff at …