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Statement from Alliance President & CEO Laura Lott on the Partial Federal Government Shutdown

By Joseph Klem

In response to the partial federal government shutdown, Laura Lott, President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums, said federally operated museums, as well as national parks, national monuments, national forests, national historic …

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