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AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 33 Museums Achieve This Distinction

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced 33 reaccreditation awards made at the October 2025 meeting of …
Demystifying Accreditation: Perspective from Peer Reviewers

By American Alliance of Museums

AAM accreditation comes with significant benefits, including national credibility, enhanced relationships with peers and supporters, and institutional sustainability. But what does the process of obtaining these benefits entail, and how do …
AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 21 Museums Receive this High Honor

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced 21 reaccreditation awards made at the February 2021 meeting of the …
Should There Be a Core Document for Education?: An Update on the EdCom Task Force

By Megan Wood and Tony Pennay

As a prerequisite to accreditation, museums must submit five Core Documents for verification, a set of plans and policies considered fundamental to professional museum operations, values, and practices. As of now, this includes documents …
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) announces three new museum accreditation awards and 18 reaccreditations

By American Alliance of Museums

Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced three new museum accreditation awards and 18 reaccreditations made at the June 2019 …
How One Small Museum Approached Accreditation

By Ann H. Sievers

Accreditation helps museums focus their purpose, refine their practices, and build their futures. But some museums, particularly those with small staffs and budgets, might consider it challenging amid their other responsibilities and …
American Alliance of Museums announces seven new museum accreditation awards and 15 reaccreditations

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced seven new museum accreditation awards and 15 reaccreditations made …
Double Duty: How a historic botanical garden reached a balance in managing its plant and art collections

By Jordyn Melino and Julianna Razryadov

All museums face many challenges maintaining and displaying their collections. But these challenges are exacerbated when collections of vastly different needs and care protocols share the same display space. At Phipps Conservatory and …
The Alliance Announces Three Newly Accredited Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2017 Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums has announced that three museums were newly accredited and 21 museums earned reaccreditation at the October 2017 meeting of the Accreditation …
3 Questions with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs

By Cecelia Walls

Recently, we heard from Dr. Adam Long, Director of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, and Ann Burroughs, President and CEO, of the Japanese American National Museum about their experiences in Accreditation. Today, we …