Join Us for Museums Advocacy Day 2020 and Funding Status Update
Advocacy Alert – October 9, 2019 Join Us for Museums Advocacy Day 2020 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Museums Advocacy Day 2020 Registration Now Open! FY 2020 Funding Status Update Museums Advocacy Day 2020 Registration Now Open! …
Senate Appropriations Report Proposes $1 Million Increase for OMS
Advocacy Alert – September 20, 2019 Senate Appropriations Report Proposes $1 Million Increase for OMS This week the Senate Appropriations Committee released its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies …
Every Museum Has a Story to Tell: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum
Who: Museums and elected officials around the country! What: Annual Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum week. When: August 12-16, or whenever your elected officials and staff can make it. Where: Your museum! Why: So elected officials can …
Backcasting: Or, how to apply 20:20 hindsight to museum planning
“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,’ says the White Queen to Alice.” ― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass In today’s post, I’m going to introduce you to backcasting, a planning method that helps people …
American Alliance of Museums Presses Legislators To Ensure Museum Stability: Legislative Priorities Include Charitable Giving, Federal Funding
For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – February 26, 2019 – Hundreds of museum leaders from across the country today urged Senators and Congressional Representatives to increase funding for federal agencies that support museums and to pass …
Show Congress How Vital Museums Are – Advocate from Anywhere During Museums Advocacy Day!
Right now hundreds of advocates are gathering in Washington, DC for Museums Advocacy Day 2019. But you don’t have to be on Capitol Hill to join the cause and speak up for museums. Use our updated Advocate from Anywhere tools to: …
A Snoopy license plate delivers more than mere peanuts to California museums
A special interest license plate is certainly an unconventional way to raise money for museums, and Snoopy’s path to plate-dom was certainly unconventional. But in late 2015, after nearly fifteen years of effort, California got its first …
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 …
Make Your Mark at Museums Advocacy Day 2019
Advocacy Alert – January 18, 2019 Make Your Mark at Museums Advocacy Day 2019 – Register by Jan. 25 On February 25-26, museum supporters and professionals from around the country will take the case about the value of museums …
Statement from Alliance President & CEO Laura Lott on the Partial Federal Government Shutdown
In response to the partial federal government shutdown, Laura Lott, President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums, said federally operated museums, as well as national parks, national monuments, national forests, national historic …
