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Senate Returns to Capitol Hill – Urge Congress to Support Museums

Support Field-Wide Advocacy for Museum Relief: The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our …

Urge Congress to Support Museum Community in Phase 4 Economic Relief

Support Field-Wide Advocacy for Museum Relief: The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our …

Museums Included in Economic Relief Legislation

Support Field-Wide Advocacy for Museum Relief: The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our …

Urge Congress to Support Museum Community Economic Relief

Support Field-Wide Advocacy for Museum Relief: The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our …

Urge Your Legislators to Include Museums in COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus

Support Field-Wide Advocacy for Museum Relief: The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our …

Monday (3/9) Deadline for Key Museum Funding Letter; Contact Legislators Today

Advocacy Alert – March 4, 2020 Monday (3/9) Deadline for Key Museum Funding Letter; Contact Legislators Today After being targeted for elimination by the President’s budget, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) …

House and Senate Appropriations Letters Now Circulating – Ask Your Legislators to Sign On Today!

Advocacy Alert – February 28, 2020 Ask Your Legislators to Sign On Today! Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), Andy Barr (R-KY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and David McKinley (R-WV) and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Susan Collins …

Have Your Voice Heard in 2020 – Final Days to Register for Museums Advocacy Day!

Advocacy Alert – January 16, 2020 Have Your Voice Heard in 2020 There’s still time for you to join the collective movement of museum advocates who come together each year to assert the critical value of museums at Museums …

Museum Advocates Score Major Victories in Year-End Spending Legislation

Advocacy Alert – December 20, 2019 Museum Advocates Score Major Victories in Year-End Spending Legislation  Federal Funding Victories! Great news in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 appropriations bills Congress just passed: Funding for the …

Speak Up for Museums: Federal Funding and Museums Advocacy Day

Advocacy Alert – November 22, 2019 Federal Funding Update Stop-gap Funding Extended through December 20: While FY 2020 began on October 1, a short-term funding bill that had kept the federal government running at FY 2019 levels until …

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American Alliance of Museums and Coalition Partners File Amicus Brief to Protect IMLS from Unlawful Dismantling

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