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As cultural organizations continue to face declining membership and significant lost revenue during the pandemic, many are seeking ways to engage new audiences and retain existing members. …
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With AAM membership you receive access to thousands of resources and tools to ensure best practices, 50,000 other museum professionals to bounce ideas off of and ask advice from, and …
AAM membership connects you to the resources you need to keep up with best practices in an ever-changing field. From research and reports to toolkits and professional development programs, …
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Eric Bruce is the Head of Visitor Experience at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). This is the third article in a series we are presenting on how Mia has expanded its audience. In this …
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2013 edition of Museum magazine. Whether you’re working to reshape an existing membership program, starting a new one or …
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2013 edition of Museum magazine. For most museum visitors, traditional membership offerings work like this: You give more, you get …
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2010 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In the early hours of Oct. 20, 2009, Will Cary sold nearly 100 memberships in …
The museum field has emphasized ethics and standards for at least a century—in fact, the need to solidify them was one of the primary reasons for the founding of AAM in 1906. And yet, …
Thanks to a recent renovation, AAM’s community forum Museum Junction is bigger and better than ever, with a host of new features and a growing list of nearly thirty branch communities …
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