AAMG News

• TEACH VISUAL: find and share object-based learning assignments

  Project Summary Given that the fundamental role of academic art museums/galleries is to teach from objects, three GLCA academic museums/galleries collaborated to create a centralized web repository and portal that shares best practices for object-based learning in a higher education,… Read More

• 2018 Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards

  The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation announces an exciting grant opportunity serving small to mid-sized towns and cities across the country. Up to 15 grantees will be awarded $25K each in matching funds to produce their own Levitt AMP [Your… Read More

• 2017 National Museum Salary Survey Now Available

  The American Alliance of Museums has released the 2017 National Museum Salary Survey in partnership with the six regional museum associations (Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Mountain-Plains, New England, Southeastern, and Western) and five state museum associations (California, Florida, New York, Texas, and… Read More

• New Resources Summarize IMLS Support for Museums and Libraries in Each State

  Washington, DC - The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) released reports with detailed views of IMLS funding for the past six years (FY 2011 through FY 2016) for every state across the nation and the District of Columbia.… Read More

• Stay Tuned for 2018 Annual Conference Information!

  The 2018 AAMG/UMAC Annual Conference will take place during June, 2018 in Florida. Check back soon for more details.  Read More

• Meet John Versluis: AAMG’s President

  John Versluis is the Dean of the Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College, Hillsboro, Texas and has spearheaded the museum since 2005. John oversees three separate divisions: the Texas Heritage Museum Galleries & Collection, the Historical Research Center, and the… Read More

• New AAMG Best Practices document now online

  Thanks to generous support from the Kress Foundation, AAMG is pleased to announce its newly revised best practices document for academic museums and galleries. The document, along with appendices, can be found on our website: https://www.aamg-us.org/wp/best-practices/ Below is a brief… Read More

• Call for Applications: Smithsonian PREP 2018

    CALL for APPLICATIONS 2018 PREP  The Smithsonian Institution and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Announce Second Year of Exchanges under the German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals, 2017-2019 3rd Exchange in Los Angeles, February 26-March 2,… Read More

• Erin Coe, director of The Hyde Collection, named new director of Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State

  Erin Coe, director of The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y., has been named director of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, effective September 11, following a national search. Patrick McGrady, Charles V. Hallman Curator at the Palmer,… Read More

• Travel Grant: CAA-Getty International Program

  Dear Affiliated Society members: CAA has received a new grant from the Getty Foundation to continue the CAA-Getty International Program, which will fund twenty scholars from around the world to attend the 2018 CAA Annual Conference in Los Angeles. This… Read More

• 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant

  The College Art Association and Terra Foundation for American Art Announce Opening of 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant The College Art Association welcomes applications and letters of intent for the 2018 Terra Foundation for American Art… Read More

• AAMG Annual Conference Registration Closes June 9 – REGISTER NOW!

  Dear colleagues, We hope you will consider joining more than 260 of your colleagues in Eugene, OR from June 22-25 for the AAMG Annual Conference. The final day to pre-register for the conference is this Friday, June 9, 2017. We… Read More