The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums is excited to share an upcoming opportunity to learn about Museums for All, a national initiative dedicated to expanding community access for underserved audiences. On Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. EST, join staff from the Association of Children’s Museums for an informational webinar about this impactful program. You’ll
Read moreWe think you’ll likely agree that what we do in museums is exciting and rewarding—informal learning opens up so many diverse opportunities for people to explore our world. This also means it opens up just as many diverse opportunities for careers, from designing community-centered exhibitions to leading hands-on education programs, from preserving collections to managing
Read moreArts & Minds is pleased to announce Engaging Arts & Minds: Foundations, a training course on museum programming for people with dementia and their care partners. Whether you are starting a new program or looking for a refresher, museum professionals, teaching artists, caregivers and dementia care professionals are invited to join this exciting new course. Engaging Arts & Minds: Foundations includes: Registration for
Read moreMuseums are trusted spaces for learning, community, and inclusion. As immigration enforcement actions increasingly affect public spaces, it’s important for museum and nonprofit staff to understand how to respond. We’re sharing a helpful resource from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI):📄 Guidance to Nonprofits Regarding Immigration Enforcement This brief guide outlines what
Read moreU.S. museums are navigating intensified external pressures that shape exhibitions and public programs. Help by participating in a national survey to document how institutions—especially small and mid‑sized museums—are responding. Findings will inform the peer‑reviewed article, Present Tensions: Exhibiting Under Pressure, accepted for publication in the American Alliance of Museums’ Exhibition journal. Broad participation will strengthen the analysis and
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is excited to announce the launch of our strategic planning process—and we are inviting you to be a part of it. At its core, strategic planning is about driving a clear, thoughtful, and responsive path forward. It is a chance to pause, reflect on where we have been, and
Read moreThe student will compare museum practitioners’ views of the impact of the 2024 NAGPRA updates on the participant museum’s own collections. The interviewer will omit any identifying information during surveys or interviews to maintain your identity as confidential and anonymous in this study. If you decided to participate in the second part of this study,
Read moreDeveloped by the Intrepid Museum, the Exploring Civics Through Historic Spaces toolkit is a model for civics learning at museums, historic sites and cultural institutions using your collections. During this program, participants will explore practical uses of the toolkit in a museum/school partnership model. The toolkit is designed for use with varied historical collections, archives
Read moreNominate your favorite museum influencers to create the List. Celebrate your colleagues who you feel have made a significant contribution to the museum sector over the past year. A panel of expert judges will then review all of the entries and judge them on merit, regardless of the nominee’s location, job title, or employer. You
Read moreDeveloped by the Intrepid Museum, the Exploring Civics Through Historic Spaces toolkit serves as a model for civics learning at museums, historic sites and cultural institutions using collections. During this program, participants will explore the practical applications of the toolkit within a museum-school partnership model. The toolkit is designed for use with varied historical collections,
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