October 2, 2026 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Smithsonian Protection Bill Introduced in Congress AAM Member Week: Advocacy ...

This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2026 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum ...

Compete for a coveted Golden Stanchion! Museums have extraordinary reach – and extraordinary trust. More than 850 million ...

The key to growing a membership program starts with building your museum's culture of participation, successful case studies show. In this photo: Dia de los Muertos Festival, 2025, by Dana Anderson.

Federal funding for museums and cultural institutions continues to be under threat, and this is a moment to act together. As part of AAM’s ongoing advocacy to protect and strengthen funding across ...

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2025) Vol. 44 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. Alma Thomas (1891–1978) was an American artist, educator, and community organizer who ...

The 2025 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums survey, conducted by AAM, was fielded in July and August 2025. It tracked key metrics that the Alliance began collecting in June 2020 to ...

Arlington, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released its annual report on the current state of United ...

Adrienne F. Reid, CIC, a seasoned fine arts insurance professional and Senior Vice President at Huntington T. Block, shares insights into sustainable collections care. Environmental sustainability is ...

Arlington, VA–Today, the American Alliance of Museums, the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum field, issued a statement in response to the growing threats of censorship ...

At a time when much of the nation is thinking about what citizenship means, museums, historic sites, and other cultural organizations are uniquely poised to offer the public opportunities for civic ...