• Join The Club: Museums develop new membership models

    This article originally appeared in the November/December 2013 edition of Museum magazine. For most museum visitors, traditional membership offerings work like this: You give more, you get more. There are basic memberships for individuals …
  • Get Your Group On

    This article originally appeared in the July/August 2010 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In the early hours of Oct. 20, 2009, Will Cary sold nearly 100 memberships in his sleep. Another 50 had been purchased by the …

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