A Message from Lonnie G. Bunch, III for AAAM Members
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM LONNIE G. BUNCH, III TO AAAM MEMBERS Lonnie G. Bunch, III Secretary Dear AAAM Members, When I became the Director of the
AAAM Grant Program Deadline
APPLICATIONS OPEN Through a partnership with the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will soon award several grants between $5,000 to
AAAM Is Awarded $500,000 From the Lilly Endowment to Advance the Visibility, Power, And Impact of Black Museums
MEDIA RELEASE: September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of African American Museums (“AAAM”) is pleased to announce that a new grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will help advance
Association of African American Museums Receives a $1 Million Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
MEDIA RELEASE: September 30, 2021, WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) has received a grant of $1,000,000 over four years to solidify its administrative capacity and enhance
AAAM mourns the loss of Mrs. Aurelia Ruth Brooks
January 18, 1931-May 11, 2021. Aurelia Ruth Brooks, daughter of Harriet Ferguson and Rio Grande Roberts Jr., died on May 11, 2021, at the age of 90, in Los Angeles,
AAAM2021 Robert F. Smith Keynote Conversation
RECORDING AVAILABLE – The 43rd Annual Conference featured a keynote conversation entitled, Why Black Museums Matter: Strengthening Our Institutions, Communities and Museums, by Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Remembering Adele C Johnson
Image provided by the Richmond Times Dispatch Original Article Located in the Richmond Free Press Adele C. Johnson pushed to ensure the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of
Remembering Miriam Esther Jiménez Román
Miriam Esther Jiménez Román June 11, 1951 – August 6, 2020 Obituary – Provided by http://www.afrolatinoforum.org Miriam E. Jiménez Román, the Puerto Rican archivist, social theorist, scholar, lecturer, writer, editor,
Remembering David Driskell
Distinguished University Professor revolutionized the field of African American art through his scholarship, innovation and humanity. Obituary provided by: https://arhu.umd.edu/news/david-c-driskell-african-american-art-pioneer-dies-88 David C. Driskell, the legendary artist and Distinguished University Professor
AAAM 2021 Conference Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Jada Wright-Greene communications@blackmuseums.org Association of African American Museums Announces Second Virtual Conference LaNesha DeBardelaben, AAAM Board Chair Vedet Coleman-Robinson, AAAM Executive Director