AAMG News

• 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

• Graduate Hotel rooms for AAMG Conference

  Dear colleagues, Several of you have pointed out that the online reservation system is reporting the room blocks at the Graduate Hotel as full (or the dates as unavailable). Please know that this is an error and that the Graduate… 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

• $1,000 AAMG Conference Scholarships Now Available

  Dear colleagues, Please share with interested undergraduate and graduate students at your institution. Students need not be presenters to apply. Questions? Please contact Jamaal Sheats at jsheats@fisk.edu Sincerely, AAMG Conference Committee Website link: https://www.aamg-us.org/wp/annual-conferences/conference-scholarships/ Students: AAMG is pleased to provide… Read More

• Art Donors Increasingly Look to University Museums

  Art Donors Increasingly Look to University Museums College art museums are more likely to display donated works, keep collections together and incorporate them into the academic curriculum By Daniel Grant Feb. 10, 2019 10:01 p.m. ET Owners of large art… Read More

• The National NAGPRA Program is now accepting applications!

  The National NAGPRA Program is now accepting applications for their Consultation/Documentation and Repatriation grant programs. Museums with possible NAGPRA collections, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply. Visit the NAGPRA Grants website at https://www.nps.gov/nagpra/GRANTS/INDEX.HTM for more information, or access… Read More

• 2019 Annual Conference

  Learning Laboratory and Community Center: Positioning the Academic Museum for Success University of Minnesota | Conference Dates: June 27-30, 2019 Both higher education and civic responsibility are under siege today by economic, cultural, and political forces.  Yet both are essential… Read More

• Annual Conference Program and Registration Now Online

  Dear colleagues, This year’s AAMG Annual Conference at the University of Minnesota invites you to reflect upon our relevance to parent institutions and local communities. Can we effectively bridge increasingly polarized values and priorities among our broad constituencies and still fulfill our mission… Read More

• Images Objects Archives: The Multiple Lives of Photographs – Symposium Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

  March 22, 2019 From its beginnings in the nineteenth century photography has been a profligate provider of visual information—and increasingly so as cameras have achieved near ubiquity. How do we organize, store, and retrieve these images? How do we decide… 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

• PRESIDENT – MUSEUM TRUSTEE ASSOCIATION

  BALTIMORE, MD POSITION/DESCRIPTION The Museum Trustee Association seeks a dynamic and experienced President to direct the organization’s efforts developing best practices for museum trustees. The President must advance the Association’s position as the leading resource for museum board members. Core… Read More

• Preparation and Installation Intern – The Oakland Museum of California

  The Oakland Museum of California strives to provide innovative learning opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds and areas of study that are interested in working with a multidisciplinary museum that puts visitors and community at the center of our work.… Read More