General Announcement

•   Collaborative collection building

       Collaborative collection building Collaboration in collection-centered teaching, learning, and scholarship Collaboration in publishing, description and discovery of digital collections, or digital object management, or in conservation/preservation Collaborative approaches to staffing cultural heritage organizations on campus Collaborative approaches to cultural… Read More

• UMAC AWARD 2018 CAMPUS MARTIUS

  UMAC AWARD 2018 CAMPUS MARTIUS, OR HOW TO BE A CITIZEN OF PERM UNIVERSITY PERM UNIVERSITY, RUSSIA Miami, USA – The project ‘Campus Martius, or How to be a Citizen of Perm University’, from Perm University in Russia, is the winner of… Read More

• Webinar on Impacts of Arts-Integrative & Interdisciplinary Practices on Research Universities

  When: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00-3:00pm EDT  (will be recorded for later access if you can't attend at the live presentation) Description: What are the impacts of the arts, design, and interdisciplinary practices on teaching, research, and engagement in… Read More

• 27th Annual ASIANetwork Conference: Accepting Proposals

  The 2019 Annual Conference website is accepting proposals.  Deadline: August 31, 2018 http://www.asianetwork.org/2018/04/2019-conference/   CALL FOR FACULTY PROPOSALS  **Panels (3 or 4 papers focused on a general theme) **Individual Papers  **Teddy Amoloza Conference Travel Award (for junior faculty members)    STUDENT… Read More

• Grant opportunity: Get funding to serve older adults at your museum

  http://aam-us.org/ Grant Opportunity: Museums & Creative Aging https://www.vitalityarts.org/seeding-vitality-arts-in-museums/ https://www.vitalityarts.org/seeding-vitality-arts-in-museums/ Aroha Philanthropies, the American Alliance of Museums, and Lifetime Arts have announced that they will collaborate to launch Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums https://www.vitalityarts.org/seeding-vitality-arts-in-museums/, a new national initiative developed, funded, and managed by… Read More

• AAMG Professional Practices: Have You Received Your Copy?

  May 15, 2018 Dear Museum Colleagues, The Association of Academic Museums & Galleries (AAMG) is the leading professional organization for academic museums, galleries, and collections. In recognition of the unique opportunities and challenges of its constituents, AAMG establishes and supports… Read More

• Call For Session Proposals For 2019 AAMC Conference

  The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) is seeking session proposals focusing on internal and external engagement within art organizations for its 2019 Conference, slated for May 4-7, 2019 in New York City. This is an internationally relevant topic shaping the future of… Read More

• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Opportunities in Museum Studies

  Dear Colleagues, The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers teaching, research or combination teaching and research awards in over 125 countries for the 2019-2020 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty as well as for professionals and independent scholars. Awards that may be of… Read More

• CFP: “In Search of Global Impact of Asian Aesthetics on American Art and Material Culture”

  CALL FOR APPLICATIONS International Graduate Students Workshop Date: October 11-12, 2018 The University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library With the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art, the University of Delaware’s Department of Art History… Read More

• Updated AAMG Statement on LaSalle University Deaccession

  May 19, 2018: AAMG maintains its principled opposition to LaSalle University’s decision to monetize key works from its Museum’s permanent collection to fund activities that are entirely unrelated to the acquisition of new objects, the care of collections, nor indeed the Museum… Read More

• AAMG to Re-Publish Professional Practices Document

  May 14, 2018 Dear AAMG Museum Colleagues; We are proud to announce that we are in the process of re-publishing 1,675 copies of the Professional Practices for Academic Museums & Galleries. They will be sent out to every academic museum and… Read More

• Bootcamp for Academic Museums – expanded!

  By popular demand, we've expanded the registration capacity for the AAMG Bootcamp Workshop. To add the workshop to your existing conference registration, please email membership@aamg-us.org What: AAMG Bootcamp for Academic Museums Where: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami When: Thursday,… Read More