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Election 2016: What it means for museums
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A Voice For Museums
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2015 edition of the Museum magazine. With preparations underway for a new Congress and for the seventh annual Museums Advocacy Day …
Advocating for the Future of Education
From Getmot.com I’m going to interview Abraham Lincoln. You can help. February 25-26 is the 5th annual Museums Advocacy Day. This year the Alliance is offering a free virtual conference so …
Down by the Riverside: A Conversation with Phil Hardberger
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. Phil Hardberger has devoted his life to serving his community, his state, and his country. An …
Making the Most of What We Have: Museums & Collaboration
Yesterday, at the orientation for Museums AdvocacyDay, deputy director Cora Marrett of the National Science Foundation predicted that, in a future of increased resource constraints, museums …
Choosing Roles: Facilitator or Advocate?
Would you rather be loved, or would you rather save the world? You can’t necessarily have both. I pondered this choice, as it applies to museums, yesterday morning at the last half day of …
Advocacy Day 2027: museums fight to regain nonprofit status
I looked across the table at the poised young woman politely scanning the figures I had pulled up on the airscreen between us. “Ms. Guerrera,” I said, palms sweating, “as you can see, in …
Civic Duty Calls
In this blog post, AAM Director of Government Relations and Advocacy Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied explores why advocacy—like voting, jury service, and paying taxes—is a civic duty that …
The Backward ABC’s of Museum Data
This week’s blog post comes from Philip M. Katz, assistant director for research at AAM. This was going to be an essay about the power of museum financial and operating data—robust, …
Your Secret Weapon: Your Board
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2011 edition of Museum magazine. Advocacy directed at elected officials is very much like the work you do to cultivate donors and engage the …
Advocacy Day 2026
“’Lizbeth! You’re going to miss our Advocacy Day appointment!” “Damn, is that now?! I thought we were down for 10:30.” “We were…they just pinged us, pushing it up a half hour.” “Of course …
Museums as Community Catalysts: Museum of Northern Arizona
Many museums aspire to be “conveners,” “dialog centers” and “safe places for conversation.” So it’s nice to be able to share stories of museums living up to this aspiration. This week the …