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Summer Advocacy Session: #InviteCongress, National Voter Registration Day, and Legislative Update
Advocacy Alert – July 10, 2019 Summer Advocacy Session: #InviteCongress, National Voter Registration Day, and Legislative Update Wondering how you and your museum can participate in “Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum … -
Museums Matter – Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum and Legislative Updates
Advocacy Alert – June 26, 2019 Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum and Legislative Updates Did you know that a visit to the museum can change how elected officials think about museums? The August congressional recess is a great time … -
Contact Congress Now! – Chance for Historic Funding Increase for the Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – June 10, 2019 Contact Congress Now! – Chance for Historic Funding Increase for the Office of Museum Services The House FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations measure, which includes an historic $8 million … -
Great news! House Subcommittee Approves $15 Million Increase for IMLS (UPDATED BELOW)
UPDATE 5/8/2019: An additional $10 million was added to IMLS during full House Appropriations Committee consideration on May 8, for a total increase to IMLS of $25 million, including an historic $8 million increase to $42.7 million for … -
Representatives to Consider IMLS Funding; Thank Senators for Support of OMS
Advocacy Alert – April 22, 2019 Two Action Items for Museum Advocates 1. Urge Your Representative to Support the Office of Museum Services Following the Alliance’s recent live testimony on Capitol Hill (starting at the 1 hr 36 … -
Act Now: Urge Your Senators to Support the Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – April 1, 2019 Act Now: Urge Your Senators to Support the Office of Museum Services The process for determining federal funding levels for FY 2020 has already begun in earnest. After a strong showing of 178 bipartisan … -
Friday 3/22 Deadline: Ask Representatives to Support the IMLS Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – March 18, 2019 Friday (3/22) Deadline for Key Museum Funding Letter; Contact Legislators Today After being targeted for elimination by the President’s budget in details released today, the IMLS Office of Museum … -
Ask Representatives to Support the IMLS Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – March 6, 2019 Help Continue the Museums Advocacy Day Drumbeat; Ask Your Representative to Sign Key Funding Letter Last week 300 museum advocates gathered in Washington, DC for Museums Advocacy Day 2019! What a week … -
Congratulations Museum Advocates – Let’s Keep Advocating for Museums!
Advocacy Alert – February 28, 2019 House Appropriations Letter Now Circulating – Ask Your Representative to Sign On Today! Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), Andy Barr (R-KY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and David McKinley (R-WV) … -
Show Congress How Vital Museums Are at Museums Advocacy Day 2019
Advocacy Alert – January 25, 2019 Show Congress How Vital Museums Are at Museums Advocacy Day 2019 A new Congress has convened facing an enormous list of timely policy debates, including support for museums. Together as a field …
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Info Sheet: New York County District Attorney Targeting Museums Outside of its Jurisdiction
Background: The Art Institute of Chicago is involved in civil litigation in Illinois over …