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New National Data Reveals the Economic Impact of Museums Is More than Double Previous Estimates

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release February 13, 2018 ARLINGTON, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released two groundbreaking reports revealing indisputable …

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