The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG), and its membership committee, is proud to support our members. You are essential to what we do at AAMG, which is why we will continue to provide AAMG’s listserv, website, social media engagement, and conference discounts with membership, using the best means of support, advocacy, and professional engagement possible. It is our primary mission to establish and support “best practices, educational activities and professional development that enable our member organizations to fulfill their educational missions.”
Thanks in part to generous support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the newly published Professional Practices Document is the perfect example of what AAMG can do for our members. We brought together and codified best practices from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC)–and aligned them with the categories currently used by AAM. Our goal is to help academic museums attain national accreditation and re-accreditation in even greater numbers.
Leveraging an AAMG membership to your advantage is the key to unlocking opportunities you might not even know you have as an institution, individual, corporation, or student. Every dollar is an investment in university and college museums and galleries and sustained support for the future of our field and our students. See below for an outline of member benefits or visit our website here.
2018 will see modest increases in fees via the structure listed below. If you renew for 2018 before March 1, then you can do so at the 2017 rate. These increases are necessary to preserve member benefits and to ensure that AAMG can continue to do what it does best: serve our members. Student memberships will always remain FREE.
2017 “Current” annual fee structure / 2018 “New” annual fee structure
Corporate: $225.00 / $500.00
Individual: $50.00 / $100.00
Student: $ ZERO
Institutional: $150.00 / (1-4 FTE and PTE): $175.00
$150.00 / (5-9 FTE and PTE): $300.00
$150.00 / (10+ FTE and PTE): $500.00
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at membership@aamg-us.org or (402) 882-2264. Membership renewals can be made online through March 1, 2018. After March 1, membership renewals at the new rates can be processed through membership@aamg-us.org.
With gratitude,
The AAMG Membership Committee
Membership is your path to the best national professional development, networking, and advocacy for academic museums and galleries. Join us to learn, contribute, and be an active participant in our vibrant and diverse field. In addition to the benefits listed in the categories below, your membership supports:
- The leading educational and professional organization for academic museums, galleries, and collections.
- AAMG’s national effort to serve the field and develop best practices for academic museums, galleries, and collections through its educational and advocacy efforts.
- Advocacy for colleagues across the nation to ensure that academic museums, galleries, and collections fulfill their missions and enhance those of their parent institutions.
- The AAMG Annual Conference, which brings colleagues from across the country – and even the world – together for meaningful panel sessions, networking, and workshops; save the date for JUNE 21-24, 2018.
- The field’s largest and most active listserv community with over 2,500 members.
- Access to a community of professionals nationwide, from emerging to senior leaders in the field.
- The opportunity to engage with AAMG as a state or regional representative and in other capacities.
- Access to and interaction with AAMG state and regional representatives.
Corporate Membership
- Post services, workshops, and products to the AAMG listserv up to four times per month and reach over 2,500 active participants.
- Member discounted rate for the Annual Conference.
- Corporate membership listing on AAMG’s website.
- Discounted advertising in Annual Conference brochure.
- Advertising incentives for your corporate job postings: first one is FREE each calendar year, then $150 per posting thereafter.
- Advertise your traveling exhibitions on the AAMG website and social media.
- Complimentary unstaffed resource table at the Annual Meeting and/or materials in each delegate’s registration bag.
Individual Membership
- Member discounted rate for the Annual Conference.
- Opportunities to present at the AAMG Annual Conference.
- Eligibility for AAMG administered scholarships.
- Access to the AAMG listserv to post jobs, traveling exhibitions, and workshops to reach over 2,500 active members.
- Ability to serve on the AAMG Board of Directors and subcommittees.
Student Membership
- Students share the same benefits as individual members but at no cost.
- Eligibility for student scholarship to attend annual conference.
- Opportunities to present at the AAMG Annual Conference.
*Institutional Membership
- Member discounted rate for the Annual Conference.
- Opportunities to present at the AAMG Annual Conference.
- Eligibility for AAMG administered scholarships.
- Free advertising for your institutional job postings and traveling exhibitions on the AAMG website and social media.
- Access to the AAMG listserv to post jobs, traveling exhibitions, and workshops to reach over 2,500 active members.
- Permission to display the AAMG logo on your website and marketing materials.
*Applies to one museum/gallery/collection as it exists as a discrete administrative identity within a college or university
