AAAM Member Spotlight
Please join AAAM as we congratulate, Kinshasha Conwill as she was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy is an honorary society that celebrates the
AAAM Continues to Stand In The Face of Social Injustice & Police Brutality
Dear AAAM Members and Supporters: On behalf of the AAAM Board, I send my deepest condolences to the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, George Floyd, and Tony
Regional Leadership Conversations Initiative
AAAM will host web-based regional conversations for executive leaders of African American museums across the country. The sessions will take place over the next three months with each regional cohort
AAAM Launches Regional Leadership Conversations
AAAM recently launched a new Regional Leadership Conversation Initiative on Thursday, April 9. On Friday, April 17, the Association hosted web-based regional conversations for executive leaders of African American museums across
THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
AMERICAN CHRONICLES FEBRUARY 3, 2020 ISSUE Activists and preservationists are changing the kinds of places that are protected—and what it means to preserve them. By Casey Cep January 27, 2020
Advocacy Alert: Urge Congress to Include Museums in COVID-19 Relief
The U.S. Congress is currently considering COVID-19 (coronavirus) relief and economic stimulus legislation, and likely will consider additional economic relief proposals in the future. The Association of African American Museums
Summer Graduate Student Workshop Opportunity
Constructing the Public Realm & Bliss Symposium Award: Spatial Inequalities and Segregation in the American Urban Landscape May 17–June 6, 2020 | Intensive 3-week workshop, focusing on the public realm and
2020 AAAM Call for Proposals
AAAM 2020 invites proposals that consider the global impact of African American institutions, explore concepts of blackness and justice in museums around the world, and look at the work of
Passing of AAAM Legend William (Bill) Billingsley
William H. Billingsley December 30, 1945 – November 7, 2017 Life Legacy William H. “Jun” Billingsley Jr., age 71, passed away Tuesday November 7, 2017 in Xenia, Ohio. Bill was