AAMG News

• 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

• Save the Date : FIRST European PACCIN Prep Conference.

  Please see the link below for more information on the upcoming, *FIRST* European PACCIN Prep Conference. PACCIN_Flyer_Save the Date_DEF Read More

• 2019 AAMG Annual Conference: Call for Proposals

  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

• Curator of Archaeology and Assistant Professor – The University of Colorado

  The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and the Department of Anthropology invite applications for a tenure-track, joint position as Curator of Archaeology and Assistant Professor.  Applicants should have a PhD with specialization in Archaeology, and museum experience. The… 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

• Update – Extended Deadline for Applications for AAMC Foundation’s Engagement Program for International Curators

  Now extended to Friday November 9, 2018 12:00pm EST   We are delighted to have just opened applications for AAMC Foundation’s Engagement Program for International Curators, which pairs a non-US based curator (International Awardee) and a US-based curator (US Liaison) for a 12-month partnership dedicated to… Read More

• Bennington College’s Recent Announcement to Sell Five Major Works of Art

  Dear AAMG community,  In light of Bennington College’s recent announcement of its intention to sell five major works of art to fund a new scholarship initiative (https://www.barrons.com/articles/bennington-college-to-sell-major-works-of-art-to-fund-scholarships-1536353985), AAMG would like to remind our members and our colleagues as well as… Read More

• UMAC (ICOM) Statement on Protection of Museum Infrastructure

  Museums are the custodians of the world's artistic, cultural, and scientific heritage. They hold the evidence of human civilization, culture, creativity, imagination and knowledge in their collections. Museums are institutions of research, investigation, inquiry, and learning. A ravaging fire engulfed… Read More

• CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: AAMG/UMAC 2018 Joint Publication initiative

  Dear colleagues, The recent joint meeting of AAMG and UMAC at the University of Miami (June 21-24, 2018) was a historic occasion. AAMG is the largest national academic museums organization and the global community of UMAC is one of the… Read More

• Assistant Educator – Colgate University

  Located on Colgate University's beautiful campus in Hamilton, New York, the collection of the Picker Art Gallery features approximately 11,000 objects from antiquity to the present, including approximately 8,000 works on paper, 1,400 photographs, 900 paintings, and 300 sculptures. Colgate… Read More