Your six museum associations have brought back Some Good (Museum) News! Inspired by John Krasinski’s “Some Good News”, this museum edition was launched to spotlight the inspirational and uplifting stories and programs of our nation’s museums. This year, your stories can motivate many and we can’t wait to celebrate them! Check out the most recent broadcast
Read moreYour six regional museum associations are bringing back Some Good (Museum) News! Inspired by John Krasinski’s “Some Good News”, we launched the museum edition to spotlight the inspirational and uplifting stories and programs of our nation’s museums. This year, your stories can motivate many and we can’t wait to celebrate them! Tell us something good! What
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is pleased to announce the recipient of this year’s Building Museums™ Symposium’s Buildy Award: The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition, three outstanding projects have received Honorable Mentions: University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art building in Iowa City, Iowa; the
Read moreRegistration for Building Museums is now open! More information on the Symposium, Conference Hotel, and how to register here: https://midatlanticmuseums.org/building-museums/. Review breakout sessions in the 2025 Building Museums™ Preliminary Program.
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is pleased to announce its 2024 award recipients, honoring excellence in the museum field. The award ceremony will take place as part of the Association’s upcoming Annual Meeting at the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from October 8-10, 2024. This year’s theme is “Optimism, Outrage & Outcomes” with
Read moreGet recognized for a recent building project! A Buildy Award nominee must have completed a museum-related construction project within the five-year period of 2018-2023, and the project must have been substantially complete and opened or reopened to the general public for at least one year prior to the submission deadline date of November 7, 2024.
Read moreMAAM is pleased to introduce this year’s 2024 Keynote Speaker: Stephanie Hill Wilchfort, the Ronay Menschel Director and President Museum of the City of New York. At MAAM’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, October 9, attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear from Stephanie Hill Wilchfort during The Stephen Weil Memorial Keynote Address, sponsored by
Read moreHosted by: Penn Museum May 30th, 2:00pm-4:30pm Penn Museum, Widener Lecture Room, 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 The Penn Museum is excited to host Melanie O’Brien, Program Manager of the National NAGPRA Program for a presentation and discussion session on the revised 2023 NAGPRA regulations. Join us on May 30th to clarify your institution’s requirements
Read moreWilmington, DE– The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is pleased to announce the 2023 award recipients, honoring excellence in the museum field. The award ceremony will take place as part of the Association’s upcoming Annual Meeting at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, DE from October 10-12, 2023. The theme of the conference is “Authentic Voice/Authentic
Read moreJoin us at Building Museums 2024!March 6-8, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The MAAM Building Museums™ Symposium is a national symposium on the process, promise, and pitfalls of planning and managing museum capital building projects. This symposium is for museum leaders, architects, planners, project managers, technical experts, and those who plan to implement new construction, renovation,
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