MAAM knows that part of our goal of fostering excellence in the museum field includes demanding that museum professionals and institutions do better. We can do better by leveraging positions of privilege to help our most vulnerable colleagues and visitors. We can do better by being anti-racist. We can better support our colleagues of color.
Read more● Whitepaper focuses on the steps museums should consider when reopening, taking a integrated physical and digital experience approach. ● With suggestions for the entire visitor journey and a worksheet to complete, the planning toolkit will help museums remobilize after building closures due to COVID-19. With the unprecedented closure of culture and heritage sites around
Read moreNew CARES Act program offers up to $300,000 grants to stabilize humanities organizations nationwide. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 20, 2020) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced new grant guidelines designed to rapidly distribute CARES Act funding to cultural nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This new funding opportunity, NEH CARES: Cultural Organizations, will provide grants
Read moreOriginal article published on March 27, 2020 at: https://www.imls.gov/news/federal-government-invests-50m-museums-libraries-address-digital-divide-during-covid-19 Federal Government Invests $50M in Museums, Libraries to Address Digital Divide During COVID-19CARES Act Designates Funds to Expand Local Internet and Technology Access Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced that the President has signed the CARES Act, which designates $50 million in
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums presents, “Creativity & Collaboration: Transforming the Historic Penn Museum”. This case study was recently presented at Building Museums™ 2020 in Chicago earlier in March. Presenters have graciously decided to share this as FREE online webinar to the first 100 participants to register. In 2017, the Penn Museum began a three-phase
Read moreOn February 10th, the Trump Administration released details from its budget request to Congress for FY 2021. The White House has requested $23 million in funding for the orderly closure of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, effective October 1, 2020. As members of the museum community, we know very well that IMLS is
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is excited to announce two recipients for this year’s MuseumsTM Symposium’s Buildy Award: The Bell Museum and the National Nordic Museum. The Buildy Award recognizes both museums’ leadership and exemplary accomplishment through the planning, construction, and life after opening. Denise Young, Ed.D. Executive Director of the Bell Museum and
Read moreDia:Beacon 3 Beekman St. Beacon, NY 12508 Wednesday, November 13 9:30 am – 4:15 pm Registration: MANY members $35 // Non members $45 // Includes lunch REGISTER 9:30 AM Welcome by Tom Shannon, Director of Facilities, Dia: Beacon / Vice-President, MANY 10 – 11:30 AM Multi-Step Strategies for New Exhibit Funding, Design, Development and Production Peter Hyde, Owner,
Read moreThe Tamburitzans, in Pittsburgh, Pa., have since 1937 focused on performance folk arts (music, song, dance) of East European cultures. In the process, we have gathered ~4,000 pieces of original folk costumes (many of which constitute full costumes), audio files in all formats (including 6,000 records and 650 audio tapes), 1,400 video/film recordings (both commercial and
Read moreThe Institute of Museum and Library Services wishes to share information regarding a funding opportunity through the United States Department of Agriculture to support the needs of organizations—including museums—in rural communities impacted by Presidentially-declared disasters. A contact from the USDA has shared the following resources listed below, along with their contact information. USDA Rural Development
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