Advocacy Alert

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Updates on IMLS and the President’s Budget

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – May 2, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Lawsuit Updates IMLS Lawsuit: Yesterday, a judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order to prevent the Trump Administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum …
April Alert: Advocacy Activities, Updates on Federal Funding and IMLS

By American Alliance of Museums

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 on advocacy and policy issues at: AAM Advocacy …
Grant Terminations, Appeals and Other Activities

By American Alliance of Museums

Grant Terminations: IMLS Appeals This week, federal agencies, including IMLS and NEH, have continued to send large numbers of grant termination letters to awardees. If you received an IMLS termination letter, AAM is encouraging museums to …
IMLS, NEH Grant Terminations

By American Alliance of Museums

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 already committed grants. In the last few days, news …
Latest on IMLS as of 3/31

By American Alliance of Museums

Latest on IMLS as of 3/31 On March 31, the entire Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staff was placed on administrative leave as a follow up to the executive order from March 14. Read AAM’s statement. Placing the entire staff …
March Advocacy Updates – IMLS Update and Take Action

By American Alliance of Museums

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 action. NEW: Representatives Dina Titus (NV-01) and …
Urgent: Act Now to Save IMLS

By American Alliance of Museums

NOW is the time to speak up for museums! On March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, directing further cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), …
Ask Your Museum’s Supporters to Save IMLS

By American Alliance of Museums

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 your museum’s role in your community. Now is the …
Speak Up for Museums This Week!

By American Alliance of Museums

Amplify Museum Voices Hundreds of your museum colleagues are participating in Museums Advocacy Day this week, and YOU can back them up by sending letters or calling your members of Congress on the same issues that are being discussed at …
Urgent: Protect IMLS from Indiscriminate Staffing Cuts

By American Alliance of Museums

Please take a moment today to contact your members of Congress and express concerns about potential indiscriminate staffing cuts at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). As a small but vital agency, IMLS plays a critical …