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A Snoopy license plate delivers more than mere peanuts to California museums

By Phil Kohlmetz
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A special interest license plate is certainly an unconventional way to raise money for museums, and Snoopy’s path to plate-dom was certainly unconventional. But in late 2015, after nearly …

Show Congress How Vital Museums Are at Museums Advocacy Day 2019

By American Alliance of Museums
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Make Your Mark at Museums Advocacy Day 2019

By American Alliance of Museums
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Statement from Alliance President & CEO Laura Lott on the Partial Federal Government Shutdown

By Joseph Klem

The Museum Education Act passes the New York State Legislature

By Erika Sanger
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YES, You Can Advocate! What Nonprofits Can and Can’t Do*

By Ember Farber
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Every Museum Has a Story to Tell: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum

By Ember Farber
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Board Power: When the High Desert Museum suddenly lost state grant funding, current and former trustees sprang into action.

By Dana Whitelaw

Truth and Reconciliation: Museums As Advocates For Human Rights And Healing

By Omar Eaton-Martínez, PhD

Museums and Tax Reform: Get the Facts and Take Action Today!

By American Alliance of Museums
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How are you advocating for #museums this summer?

By Ember Farber
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American Alliance of Museums Statement on the President’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2018

By American Alliance of Museums
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Is It Time to Break Your Museum’s Organizational Mold?

By Mark Sundlov
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Category: Financial Sustainability
Over the course of the twentieth century, and into today, museums have witnessed dramatic changes in their organizational and funding environments—some driven from within the museum field, …

Stone Soup

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
We’ve reached another milestone in the celebration of the Center for the Future of Museum’s first decade of work: the 10th anniversary of the CFM Blog. I think that the first …

The Power of a Paid Internship: Creating pathways to careers in museums

By Makeba Clay
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Category: Labor
In 2015, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued a report on diversity in art museums that reinforced what is obvious to anyone working in or affiliated with the industry: non-Hispanic white …