AAMG News

• Request for Proposal Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) National Survey

  Request for Proposal Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) National Survey Project Overview: AAMG plans to develop and conduct a comprehensive survey of all academic museums and galleries in the United States. This will be the first time such… Read More

• Networking opportunity for young museum professionals

  Affinity Dinner, AAMG/UMAC 2018 Annual Conference, Miami, FL Join AAMG's new Emerging Museum Professionals facebook group and network with your peers. Open to academic museum professionals with fewer than 10 years of professional experience.   Visit: https://www.facebook.com/AcademicMuseums/   And click… Read More

• Kress Scholarship Student Reflects on AAMG/UMAC Conference

  Vanessa A. Forbes-Pateman Graduate Student, Western Illinois University Kress Student Scholarship Recipient I am one semester away from graduating with a Master’s Degree in Museum Studies from Western Illinois University. I have a background in Economics and Finance, so I… Read More

•   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

• 2018 AAMG UMAC Conference Concludes in Miami, FL

  Thank you for attending the AAMG UMAC Annual Conference in Miami, Florida. We hope you will take a few moments to reflect on your participation by completing a brief survey (registered participants will receive the survey via email shortly). Whether… 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

• Nearly 400 Museum Professionals will attend AAMG UMAC this week.

  We're ready. Are you? Join us for the largest AAMG UMAC Annual Conference to date! https://www.aamg-us.org/wp/2018-annual-conference/ 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