Sample Documents

AAM maintains an online collection of more than 1,000 sample policies, plans, and forms from museums of all types and sizes.

Access to sample documents is a benefit to staff of Tier 3 and Tier 3+ member museums. Use Chrome or Firefox as your web browser. Click the link below to explore the albums of documents (click the folder icon, upper left), or refine your search using parameters including document type, museum name, museum type, budget size, and governance type (click the funnel icon, upper right). All documents are fully text searchable.

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