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The American Alliance of Museums presents the Chair’s Leadership Award to Director, President and CEO Graham Beal and the Detroit Institute of Arts Board of Directors

Category: Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2015 AAM honors Beal and the DIA with special award for leadership excellence Washington, DC—The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) announces that Director, …

Northern Trust, BoardSource and American Alliance of Museums Team Up to Strengthen Museum Boards &Trustees

Category: Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2016 Arlington, VA ─ A first-of-its-kind survey and report on museum trustees in Spring 2017 is among the many parts of a new initiative announced today by …

Diversifying Museum Boards

Category: Facing Change
Introduction (This video runs 1:58) Navigation Content Description Learning Objectives How to use this resource Videos Key Terms Presenter Bios Content Description The following content was …

Recruiting for Museum Board Diversity Webinar

Category: Board Diversity
Support Free DEAI Resources: AAM provides all of our DEAI resources for free to AAM members. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting this work by making a …

Welcoming the Next Generation of Board Leadership

Category: Alliance Blog
AAM’s Facing Change initiative has put the spotlight on museum board diversity, but not everyone thinks of bringing younger people onto the board when the topic comes up. Age diversity, …

AAM Welcomes Five New Board Members

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 five leading …

Announcing AAM’s 2022-2023 Board Officers

Category: Press Release
For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, announced the slate of officers to …

2024 Museum Board Leadership: A National Report

Category: Research and Reports
Museum Board Leadership 2024: A National Report, conducted by AAM and Slover Linett at NORC with support from Northern Trust, serves as the second iteration of Museum Board Leadership 2017. …

Museum Board Leadership 2017

Category: Research and Reports
Good governance is essential to the work of museum trustees and directors, providing the very foundation for the museum’s success. Together the board and the director set the direction of …

Museum Boards: Ethics, Transparency, and Public Scrutiny

Category: On-Demand Programs: Governance and Leadership
This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. This session addresses the recent controversies surrounding museum trustees who have been the target of …

Reflections on AAM’s Board Diversity Training

Category: Alliance Blog
Laura Lott is the President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums. As I have spoken and blogged about for the past year, I learned A LOT in just a few days at the 2016 Forum on …

American Alliance of Museums Welcomes Four New Board Members

Category: Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2017 ARLINGTON, VA– The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced that …

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