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 CIMAM Opens Nominations for the 2025 Outstanding Museum Practice Award Outstanding Museum Practice Award (OMPA)

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March 26, 2025 – CIMAM announces the Call for Nominations for the fifth edition of the Outstanding Museum Practice Award (OMPA) 2025, an international recognition of the incredible work being done in modern and contemporary art museums worldwide. This award highlights museum practices that drive structural transformation, foster deeper connections with people, communities, and context,

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Share Your Perspective: National Survey of History Practitioners

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Our colleagues at the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) have launched the National Survey of History Practitioners, a major new effort to better understand who works at history organizations, how they are compensated, and how they feel about their work. If you are a staff member, contractor, or volunteer at a U.S.

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Sector-Wide Response to Executive Order on Federal Agencies

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In response to the latest Executive Order from the White House, Continuing the Reduction of Federal Bureaucracy, which calls for the dismantling of seven agencies—including IMLS—within seven days, here is an update on AAM’s response. AAM has been in communication with coalition partners, agency contacts, and champions on Capitol Hill to gather information and assess the situation.

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National Trust for Canada – call for presentations

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The annual National Trust Conference is Canada’s largest heritage learning and networking event. Held every year since 1974, the National Trust Conference brings together a wide-range of people working to keep Canada’s heritage alive: from grassroots activists and elected officials, to professionals, planners, policy makers, and property owners. Join them this year October 23–25, 2025

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How do you feel working in a museum in 2025?

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Help MuseumExpert.org collect data and analyze trends! Regardless of your politics, the political decisions likely to be made in the coming months will almost certainly impact all of our lives and work.  Your answers will help to build programs that respond to your hopes and concerns. There are only three questions and they can be answered in

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Oscar Howe Archives and Oscar Howe Gallery need your help

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We are in the process of updating the Oscar Howe Database maintained at the University of South Dakota. USD is also the proud home of the Oscar Howe Archives and Oscar Howe Gallery. This work is being conducted in partnership with Inge Dawn Howe Maresh and her family. Inge is the only child of Oscar

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AASLH’s 250 Con

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250 Con is designed to be a galvanizing and unifying moment for the history field as we enter the final year of preparation for the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. This once-in-a-generation milestone presents an unprecedented opportunity to elevate our field’s relevance, impact, and reach. We would greatly appreciate your help promoting 250 Con

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Applications open for J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award (SAA)

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The J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists is asking you to submit a nomination for the J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award! Established in 1989, this award honors an individual, institution, or organization that promotes greater public awareness, appreciation, or support of archival activities or programs. The individual’s or institution’s contributions may

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Call for Proposals for National Museum Publishing Seminar 2025

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The National Museum Publishing Seminar is the only program of its kind in the world. It wasfounded in 1989 to provide resources for and build a community of publishing professionals inmuseum settings. Since then, the field has grown dramatically to include new roles, such aschief content officers, colleagues in interpretation and education, and community membersfrom

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HueCultures Northeast Field Survey

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The HueCultures Northeast project will provide key insights on museums and cultural centers founded and led by Black, Latino/x/e, Indigenous, Asian, Middle Eastern, and other ethnic communities in eleven states and one district: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington D.C. The project will result

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