Research and Reports

Museums as Economic Engines

Museums play an essential role in cultural and social life across the US. They tell our stories, preserve our heritage, interpret the past, and explore the future. In this way, museums …

Can civic museums become catalysts for social change?

Becca Antink, Thersa

Interested in International Museum Partnerships? Download the Museums Connect Evaluation Report

American Alliance of Museums

Facing Change: A New Report from the American Alliance of Museums’ Working Group on DEAI

Nicole Ivy

Study: Visits to science centers spark interest in science

Experience AZ, AZ Big Media

Museums as Economic Engines: Infographics Released!

Robert Stein

Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar: Creating Early Interventions to Prevent Deaccessioning Crises

American Alliance of Museums

Landmark Museum Governance Survey: CEOs and Board Chairs Identify Areas for Improvement

American Alliance of Museums

Stand for Your Mission

Robert Stein

Upcoming Events

The New-York Historical Society

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites libraries and museums to participate in a webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 21 from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eastern). The New-York Historical Society …

Presented by: Environment and Climate Network

Presented by: American Association for State and Local History

Washington, DC

Presented by: Environment and Climate Network

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Latest Stories from AAM

The Art of Recovery: How a Radical Public Art Experiment Is Reshaping Sicily 50 Years After a Devastating Earthquake

Patricia Zohn, artnet News

Facing Change

On a recent day this summer, I left the colorful, urban interventions and crowded revelries of Manifesta 12 in Palermo, Sicily, and descended into the rural, arid Belice Valley. I was …

On Cross Collecting, or Cross-Over Buying

David Bellingham, Sothebysinstitute

Curatorial Practice

Since the start of the new millennium, there has been an increase in cross-collecting (sometimes called 'cross-over buying'). This might seem like a recent phenomenon according to what we …

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences

Cristina Toma

Global Thinking

Two years ago, in 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the AAM Annual Meeting in Washington DC, thanks to the Getty Leadership and Career Management Program Fellowship. Little did I know …

Museums as Economic Engines

Can civic museums become catalysts for social change?

Interested in International Museum Partnerships? Download the Museums Connect Evaluation Report

Facing Change: A New Report from the American Alliance of Museums’ Working Group on DEAI

Study: Visits to science centers spark interest in science

Museums as Economic Engines: Infographics Released!

Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar: Creating Early Interventions to Prevent Deaccessioning Crises

Museums and Public Opinion

Museum Board Leadership 2017

Museum Alliance, Mellon Foundation Team Up on New Economic Report

Landmark Museum Governance Survey: CEOs and Board Chairs Identify Areas for Improvement

Stand for Your Mission

Upcoming Events

New-York Historical Society – The Citizenship Project

A Call to Action: We Are Still In

2018 Presidential Sites and Libraries Conference

A Call to Action: We Are Still In for Cultural Institutions

Latest Stories from AAM

The Art of Recovery: How a Radical Public Art Experiment Is Reshaping Sicily 50 Years After a Devastating Earthquake

On Cross Collecting, or Cross-Over Buying

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences

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