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AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 29 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 …

Museum Field Attendance, Financial, Staffing Recovery to Take Years, 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 …

AAM Recognizes Six Individuals and Five 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 …

AAM Announces Leadership Transition

Credited with leading transformational change, President and CEO Laura Lott steps down in June For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only …

AAM Welcomes Three 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 three leading …

AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 41 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 one 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 …

Hundreds of Advocates Meeting in Washington, D.C. with Members of Congress on Museums Advocacy Day 2023

For Immediate Release Washington, DC – More than 250 staff, students, board members, volunteers, supporters, and independent professionals who work for and with museums traveled to …

Press Release: AAM Announces $1 Million Investment in the Museum Community

For immediate release Arlington, VA – The AAM team is thrilled to launch a $1 million investment in an expanded Museum Community professional development and networking program. …

AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 52 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 5 first time …

Diversity, Equity To Become Required for Museum Accreditation, Standards

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced a multi-year …

American Alliance of Museums Announces Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole to Join AAM as Senior DEAI Fellow

ARLINGTON, VA – August 2, 2022 – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) today announced that renowned museum leader and social justice advocate, Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, will join the …
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Invite Congress and Important Summer Advocacy Updates

Category: Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – July 14, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: House Appropriations Action: Level Funding for IMLS; Cuts to NEH/NEA; Contact Congress! #InviteCongress 2023: Use Our …

Meeting an Educational Need at the William King Museum of Art

Category: Museum Magazine
To reach rural schools, staff at the William King Museum of Art get in the Va…

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