annual meeting – American Alliance of Museums

Sharing Snippets from AAM 2025

By Elizabeth Merritt

It was lovely to see over 4,000 of you in Los Angeles last week! I hope those of you who did attend share what you learned through conversation, social media, blog posts, presentations to colleagues, etc. etc. You can search #AAM2025 on …
Your Guide to the Future at AAM 2025

By Elizabeth Merritt

AAM’s annual meeting is a gigantic buffet of content, and I know from experience that navigating the offerings can be somewhat overwhelming. In this post I offer one specialized menu of sessions related to issues I’m watching with a …
Your Guide to the Future at AAM 2024

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hello museum people—I hope to see you in Baltimore, MD, May 16-19 for the 2024 Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. There are always so many great sessions on the program that a common quandary for attendees is the difficulty of choosing between …
Reimagining a 114-Year-Old Conference: Reflections on Day One of #AAMvirtual

By Laura Lott

For the first time in our 114-year history, the American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo is being held virtually! Kicking off on International Museum Day with thousands of museum professionals from around the world was a …
Workshopping the Future: Foresight in Hindsight

By Elizabeth Merritt

At AAM 2019 in New Orleans, I led a three-hour futuring workshop, teaching attendees how to conduct foresight activities at their own organizations. Katie Eagleton attended that workshop, and in today’s post she shares how she has applied …
An Opportunity to Report from the Future at AAM2020

By Elizabeth Merritt

Would you like to be a conduit from San Francisco to the world, from the future to the present? And get support to attend this year’s AAM conference to boot? The Alliance is seeking social media journalists for the 2020 AAM Annual …
The Advantages of Being a Small Museum

By Carissa Pfeiffer

Despite visiting only rarely, I have a strong affinity for New Orleans, the “big sister” of my own hometown: Savannah, Georgia. Both were historically port cities, sites for the global movement of goods, ideas, and people (willingly and …
Get about It: Change and Resistance

By Linda Norris

I’d never visited New Orleans before, and my brief but fascinating experience served as a metaphor for this year’s AAM Annual Meeting experience. New Orleans is a city of layers, with old finishes poking through, new ideas still pushing …
An International Experience at #AAM2019

By Angela Gala

After moving back to Europe from America in 2016, I had never been able to come visit until last month. That’s when I flew all the way to New Orleans to attend this year’s Annual Meeting of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and …
What Happened at #AAM2019? Let Our Social Media Journalists Fill You In

By Joseph O'Neill

Each year, AAM invites a group of passionate museum professionals who are active and skilled on social media to attend the Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo as Social Media Journalists. Like any other attendees, they follow their curiosity …