Take advantage of AAM’s resources. AAM members receive additional benefits, but many of AAM’s offerings are available to everyone.

 

Not a member, but thinking about it? AAM membership is a great way to get involved in the field. Membership provides you with networking opportunities, publications, discounts on seminars and the Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™ and much more. Take advantage of resources, find your voice and connect with your community through AAM membership.

 

Soak Up Info

The AAM Information Center offers AAM members and staff of member museums thousands of resources and sample documents on diverse museum-related topics, such as collections management, legal and ethical responsibilities, HR compensation and benefits, exhibition design or speaking and writing tools. For the answers to your museum-related questions, send an email to infocenter@aam-us.org.

 

Ways to Save!

Scholarships and fellowships are a great way to make an educational opportunity more affordable. Learn about affiliate and regional museum associations’ fellowship opportunities to help stretch your budget a little further.

 

EMP Professional Education Fellowships

Please check the professional education website for EMP fellowship opportunities for upcoming seminars and webinars.

 

Searching for that dream job?

Visit JobHQ and browse current job listings.

 

AAM individual members can save jobs, receive e-mail alerts when new jobs are posted and post a resume online so employers can find you.

 

Links to other job search sites:

AASLH Career Center

Global Museum

Museum Employment Resource Center

Museum Jobs Online

USA Jobs

Yahoo! Groups MuseJobs

Regional Museum Associations:

New England Museum Association (NEMA)

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM

Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC)

Association of Midwest Museums (AMM)

Mountain-Plains Museum Association (MPMA)

Western Museum Association (WMA)

                                                                                  

Read the Latest

What are other Emerging Professionals doing? What research and articles are out there? Read about these topics and more!

 

Blogs:               Young Museum Professionals Blog

Dedicated to new museum professionals to connect, share stories and seek advice.

 

Museum 2.0 Blog

From visitors to users.  From artifacts to social networks.  What’s good, bad and possible?

 

Seattle EMP Connection

 

Museum Cafe

 

Chicago Emerging Museum Professionals

 

Studies:            Ready to Lead, Next Generation Leaders Speak Out

National Study in Partnership by CompassPoint, Nonprofit Services, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Meyer Foundation, and Idealist.Org.

                        2007

 

                        Long Hours, Low Pay Turn Off Young Nonprofit Workers Study Finds

                        By Caroline Preston

                        Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 13, 2007

 

Articles:            Mentoring 101
Based on a Wendy Luke presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting, adapted by Ember Farber.

Display Case: So You Want to Work in a Museum?
by Greg Aukerman

Young Museum Professionals Speak Out
by Joelle Seligson