The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums honored Carol B. Stapp, Ph.D., the director of the Museum Education Program at the George Washington University, as the recipient of the Katherine Coffey Award for her numerous contributions to the field as an educator of museum educators. Dr. Stapp began her career as a museum educator at the Philadelphia
Read moreWe are excited to share that the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums is undergoing a strategic planning process in partnership with the Cooperstown Graduate Program | SUNY Oneonta. As part of this process, we are looking for feedback from our members and non-members. Please click the link below to complete a survey on your thoughts about the strategic
Read moreColleagues: FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution co-sponsor the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, a partnership of 62 national service organizations and federal agencies created to protect cultural heritage from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies. The Task Force provides resources to help the public salvage cherished photographs, letters, and other irreplaceable objects: Save
Read moreInbox On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, thank you for supporting us through, what has been, a challenging time. MAAM is committed to bringing you high-quality professional development, networking, and education. MAAM is moving all in-person events for the 2021 Annual Meeting to an online space, creating our 2nd all-virtual conference. We hope
Read moreBuilding a More Inclusive Museum (Session 10: Deconstructing White Space)Inclusivity of race, class and culture is a hot button topic in the museum world. As the museum world diversifies with more BIPOC entering the workforce, both as artists and art preservationists, making museums more inclusive is a prevailing question. To Dread Scott, a panelist on
Read moreAchieving Carbon Neutral Museum DesignThe majority of museums rarely have a say in what building they’re housed in, so it was aunique opportunity that the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum found itself in when BowdoinCollege, where the museum resides, announced the development of a new Center for ArcticStudies that would house their collections. The museum currently lives
Read moreCOVID: The Future of Museums and Beyond the Pandemic In a plenary session titled, “COVID: The Future of Museums and Beyond the Pandemic,” panelists shared findings of a large-scale research project. The project examined the role race and ethnicity play in cultural engagement, thus helping us see gaps or blindspots in how museum spaces miss
Read moreThe Digital Empowerment Project is excited to announce an open call for instructor applications for upcoming digital media and technology capacity-building online training programs to be held from June 2021 to January 2022. We are looking for skilled technologists with excellent online teaching skills to lead one-hour webinars. Topic Areas Module 3 (June) How to manage digital
Read moreThe Council of Regional Museum Associations officially launched their Digital Empowerment Project website: the Museum Learning Hub. The Museum Learning Hub (MLH) is a nationwide initiative organized by the six U.S. regional museum associations and dedicated to providing free, self-paced training resources for small museums. Part of the Digital Empowerment Project, the Hub provides digital media and technology capacity-building
Read moreMuseumExpert.org is the first-of-its-kind digital platform specifically serving museum professionals. Media Contact: Ellen Trappey, Co-Founder of MuseumExpert.org 601.400.2651; ellen.trappey@museumexpert.org Washington, DC – November 20, 2020- MuseumExpert.org, a new, free to use, online platform designed to connect unemployed or underemployed museum professionals with prospective employers and freelance opportunities, launched today from its headquarters in Washington, DC. Supported by
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