Advocacy Resources
The Alliance offers several resources for building your advocacy skills, learning about Congress, making your case, and getting involved in advocacy for your museum.
Why Advocate
- Advocacy for Museums Matters
- Real World Advocacy = Disaster Planning
- Why Should I Advocate for My Museum?
- Why Advocacy Should Be a Best Practice of Museums
Tools to Advocate
Tutorials, templates, advocacy how-to guides and tools to start advocating today.
- 75 Advocacy Ideas in 75 Minutes
- AAM Guide to Working with a New Congress
- Alliance Policy Issues
- Alliance Advocacy Alerts
- Advocate from Anywhere
- Alliance Advocacy for Museums
- Communicating with Legislators
- Contact Congress
- Economic Impact Statement
- Educational Impact Statement
- Economic and Educational Impact Statement Samples
- Getting to Know Your Legislators
- Glossary of Legislative Terms
- Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum
- Invite Legislators to Meet Locally
- Policy Issues & Issue Briefs
- Find Your Legislators
- Legislative Update: How Museums are Faring (2014)
Check out the slides (PDF) - Making the Case with Elected Officials
- Museums Advocacy Day
- Museums Do That (Video)
- Museums as Economic Engines
- Museum Facts Infographic
- Museum Facts and Data
- Museums and Public Opinion
- Online Advocacy Programs
- Speak Up For Museums: The AAM Guide to Advocacy
- Stand for Your Museum Mission
- Ten Rules for Engagement
- Trustee Resource Center
- Year-Round Advocacy
- Your Secret Advocacy Weapon: Your Board
Nonprofit Voter Resources
- AAM Nonprofit Voter Resources – What You Can and Can’t Do
- AAM Nonprofit Voter Resources Guide – Yes You Can!
- Updated AAM Guide to Election Year Activities