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Appropriations Continues, Urge Senate to Support $2 Million Increase for IMLS

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By American Alliance of Museums
Appropriations Continues, Urge Senate to Support $2 Million Increase for IMLS Advocacy Alert – August 15, 2018 Urge Senators to Support $2 Million Increase for IMLS The United States …

Recess Gets Underway, Share Your Story with Your Elected Officials

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By American Alliance of Museums

UPDATE: House of Representatives Defeats Proposed Cuts to NEH & NEA

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By American Alliance of Museums

House to Vote on NEA & NEH Budget Cuts – Call Your Representative Today!

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By American Alliance of Museums

Good news! Senate Committee Approves $2 Million Increase for IMLS and Invite Congress 2018

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By American Alliance of Museums

Speak Up for Museums: Urge Congress to Support the Office of Museum Services

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By American Alliance of Museums

Alliance and Sam Noble Museum Make the Case for Museums on Capitol Hill

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By American Alliance of Museums

Record Support from Senators for Office of Museum Services Funding

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By American Alliance of Museums

Act Now: Urge Senators to Support the Office of Museum Services

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By American Alliance of Museums

Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Includes Good News for Museums!

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By American Alliance of Museums

Tax Proposal Released; Charitable Giving Endangered

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By American Alliance of Museums

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

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Latest Stories from AAM

The Art of Recovery: How a Radical Public Art Experiment Is Reshaping Sicily 50 Years After a Devastating Earthquake

By Patricia Zohn, artnet News
Category: Facing Change
On a recent day this summer, I left the colorful, urban interventions and crowded revelries of Manifesta 12 in Palermo, Sicily, and descended into the rural, arid Belice Valley. I was …

On Cross Collecting, or Cross-Over Buying

By David Bellingham, Sothebysinstitute
Category: Curatorial Practice
Since the start of the new millennium, there has been an increase in cross-collecting (sometimes called 'cross-over buying'). This might seem like a recent phenomenon according to what we …

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences

By Cristina Toma
Category: Global Thinking
Two years ago, in 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the AAM Annual Meeting in Washington DC, thanks to the Getty Leadership and Career Management Program Fellowship. Little did I know …