General Announcement

• Volunteer with AAMG Today!

  There are always ways to volunteer with AAMG! Get involved with the annual conference! We need: tech supportsocial media ambassadorscommunity journalistson site volunteersproposal reviewers The following board positions are currently open: Western Regional RepresentativeNew England Regional Representative The following state… Read More

• “Dreams & Memories: Jan Sawka, Coast to Coast:

  An online symposium celebrating two exhibitions of work by Jan Sawka” In the time of COVID-19, when our world is practicing social distancing, itself a form of displacement, the work of Jan Sawka is especially prescient and moving. Sawka's works… Read More

• Three Webinars – Association for Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Foundation

  Join the Association for Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Foundation this June for a series of three webinars that will restructure and rethink how we consider the topic of management. By focusing on Navigation, Environment and Advancement, this webinar series will break with the traditional hierarchical and… Read More

• Survey: Curatorial labor in the academy

  Dear colleagues, We are conducting research concerning the range of job descriptions, titles, classifications, promotional structures, and review criteria that apply to those of us who do curatorial work at an academic museum or gallery. To better understand how these… Read More

• Anne M. Lampe Appointed as MTA CEO

  [caption id="attachment_5082" align="alignleft" width="300"] Pictured at MTA's Spring Events at the Heard Museum: The MTA Board with Anne M. Lampe (fourth from left) and Bill Appleton of Management Consultants for the Arts (far right).[/caption] BALTIMORE, MD - The Board of… Read More

• Support the AAMG listserv and Annual Conference today!

  Dear AAMG Members and Colleagues; It’s been an exciting year for all of us and we are energized about all the great work academic museums and galleries are accomplishing this year! We want to see you at the upcoming AAMG… Read More

• Book your AAMG registration now before that #earlybird passes you by…

  University of Minnesota campus   Join us in beautiful Minneapolis-St. Paul this summer for two full days of session presentations, roundtables, keynotes, and workshops to re-energize your campus museum. The 2019 AAMG Annual Conference is just a few short months… Read More

• Museums Advocacy Day 2019

  The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) is a proud supporter of Museums Advocacy Day. A new Congress convenes in 2019, facing an enormous list of policy issues, including support for museums. Together as a field we've defeated several… Read More

• Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program

  Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program Applications are now open November 1st, 2018 – February 1st, 2019   www.conservation-us.org/cap The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program provides small museums with support for a general conservation assessment, which is a study of all the institution's… Read More

• AAMG Announces New Southeast Region Reps

  LouAnne Greenwald LouAnne Greenwald was appointed Director of the Hilliard University Art Museum in July 2014. In the first two years of her tenure, she has expanded the museum’s hours, increased staff and established free Wednesday night programs featuring the… Read More

• Jill Hartz, AAMG president emerita, announces retirement

  Jill Hartz, president emerita of the AAMG, has just announced her retirement from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon. Jill and Craig Hadley are this year’s co-organizers of the 2019 AAMG Annual Conference in Minneapolis. She plans… Read More

• e-book Lingua Franca: A Common Language for Conservators of Photographic Materials

  Check out all new content for our enhanced e-book Lingua Franca: A Common Language for Conservators of Photographic Materials, a visual glossary of photo conservation processes and terminology. “Lingua Franca: a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers… Read More