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Scrappy Ways to Get Your Museum in the News

For many museums—especially small- or medium-sized institutions where everyone wears multiple hats—a marketing department is a luxury, let alone dedicated media relations staff. For those …

AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 26 Museums Achieve This Distinction

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced 1 first time …

Museum Field Continues Recovery Post-pandemic, Still Vulnerable to Disruption, New Survey Finds

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA—The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released findings from the …

American Alliance of Museums Statement on the 2024 Elections

The American Alliance of Museums recognizes the 2024 federal election results present the potential for significant policy shifts that could directly impact museums. As your Alliance and as …

Museum Social Impact in Practice Launches with Forty Museum Participants

Arlington, VA–Today, the American Alliance of Museums announced forty museums participating in the upcoming Museum Social Impact in Practice (MSIIP) cohort, which will launch in Fall …

AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 35 Museums Achieve This Distinction

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced 2 first time …

AAM Statement on Museum Ban in U.S. House of Representatives Community Project Funding (Earmark) Guidance

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM)—representing over 35,000 individual museum professionals and volunteers, and museums of all types and sizes …

AAM Announces New Report on Museum Governance

For Immediate Release Museum Board Leadership 2024: A National Report Arlington, VA—The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum …

AAM Welcomes Six New Board Members and New Board Leadership

For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced that six leading …

AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 33 Museums Achieve This Distinction

For Immediate Release   Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced 2 first time …

AAM Recognizes 13 Individuals and 10 Institutions for Exemplary Work in the Museum Field

For immediate release ARLINGTON, VA – The Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today …

Hundreds of Advocates Meeting in Washington, DC with Members of Congress on Museums Advocacy Day 2024

For Immediate Release Washington, DC — More than 300 staff, students, board members, volunteers, supporters, and independent professionals who work for and with museums travelled to …
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Innovations in Relevance: A Q&A with Stephen Reily of Remuseum

Category: Alliance Blog
I first learned about Stephen Reily when he was the director of Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, which at the time was making headlines for its Breonna Taylor-themed exhibition …

Urgent: Protect IMLS from Indiscriminate Staffing Cuts

Category: Advocacy Alert
Please take a moment today to contact your members of Congress and express concerns about potential indiscriminate staffing cuts at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). As a …

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