Resource Library

Staff Structure

The Alliance has compiled this set of staff structure resources from amongst its own offerings.

Alliance Resources

Rethinking Our Human Resources Practices to Build a More Equitable Museum

Micah D. Parzen, shares recent changes he’s made at the San Diego Museum of Us in this blog post about becoming more human-centered in their HR practices.

Sample Documents

Tier 3 museum members can access a number of sample organizational charts and position descriptions.

The Museum Workforce in the United States

AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums analyzes data about the museum workforce, including sex, age, race, educational attainment and employer type. The data comes from the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS), an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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