Archive of Prior Media Releases

April 21, 2022: Association of African American Museums and the Howard University School of Business Establish a New Advanced Executive Training Partnership

September 30. 2021: Association of African American Museums Receives a $1 Million Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

September 15, 2021: AAAM Is Awarded $500,000 From the Lilly Endowment to Advance the Visibility, Power, And Impact of Black museums

April 10, 2021: Association Of African American Museums Receives $30,000 Chairman’s Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities

March 10, 2021: Association of African American Museums Announces Second Virtual Conference

February 28, 2019: Vedet Coleman-Robinson Appointed as Executive Director of AAAM

September 21, 2017: Association of African American Museums Welcomes 2017 – 2020 Board Members

February 7, 2017: AAAM Responds to President’s Executive Order Restricting Entry into US

January 23, 2017: Post-Election Letter from the President

December 16, 2016: AAAM and Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Congratulate 2017 John Kinard Scholarship Recipients to Attend the Jekyll Island Management Institute

November 18, 2016: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Partners with Caribbean and African American Museum Associations to Host 2017 Conference

August 19, 2016: Association of African American Museums Welcomes 2016-2019 Board Members

June 2, 2015: Association of African American Museums Welcomes 2015-18 Board Members

June 18, 2015: Condolences to Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Charleston, SC

June 19, 2015: National Park Service Seeks Second Round of Nominations to Federal Advisory Commission for the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site