Advocate for Museums: Contact Your Senators

Advocacy Alert – April 29, 2022 Senate OMS Appropriations Letter Now Circulating – Ask Your Senators to Sign On Today! Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are now circulating a letter to their Senate …

Last Chance! Deadline is Friday 4/22 – Ask Your Representative to Sign On Today

Advocacy Alert – April 21, 2022 Last Chance! Deadline is Tomorrow – Ask Your Representative to Sign On Today Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), David McKinley (R-WV), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Andy Barr (R-KY) will soon …

Now is the time to speak up for OMS funding for museums!

Advocacy Alert – April 7, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Act Now: FY 2023 House OMS Funding Letter Now Circulating Good News in President’s FY 2023 Budget Proposal: Proposed Funding Increases for OMS, NEH, NEA House OMS …

Speak Up for Museums: Spring Advocacy Updates

Advocacy Alert – March 24, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Museums Advocacy Day: Museum Advocates Make Their Voices Heard Good News in FY 2022 Omnibus: Funding Increases for IMLS, NEH, NEA Approved Senate Finance Committee …

Museums Will Be Vital to the Nation’s Recovery

Prepared Remarks of Laura L. Lott President and CEO, American Alliance of Museums Welcome session from Museums Advocacy Day 2022 February 28, 2022 Good morning, museum advocates. Welcome to Museums Advocacy Day 2022! As I’ve admitted …

How will you speak up for museums in 2022?

Advocacy Alert – January 19, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Register Today: Museums Advocacy Day 2022 Registration Closes THIS Friday, January 21! Contact Congress: Urge Your Legislators to Include Museums in COVID-19 Relief …

Keep Advocating for Museums in 2022

Advocacy Alert – December 20, 2021 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Take Action: Urge Your Representative to Provide Nonprofit ERTC Relief Now! Co-sponsor H.R. 6161 News You Can Use: Charitable Giving Incentives Upcoming Webinar: …

Legislative Update and Museums Advocacy Day 2022 is Virtual

Advocacy Alert – November 19, 2021 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Act Now: Ask Congress to Approve Historic Increase for OMS Signed into Law: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Vaccination/Testing Requirements: OSHA ETS for …

Museum Store Sunday—Five Years and Going Strong!

Is your institution ready for Museum Store Sunday, taking place this year on November 28 (the Sunday after Thanksgiving)? 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of this worldwide museum retail advocacy event—five years of supporting cultural …

Legislative Updates and Museums Advocacy Day 2022

Advocacy Alert – October 29, 2021 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Help Preserve Museum Jobs: Tell Congress to Retain the Employee Retention Tax Credit for Nonprofits Good News: Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) …

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