Ember Farber is Director of Advocacy at the American Alliance of Museums, where she has been on staff since late 2003. Here Ember answers some of the questions about advocacy and Museums Advocacy Day she gets asked most often throughout the year.
Why is an advocacy day so important?
An advocacy day for any cause serves several important purposes. First and foremost, on Capitol Hill, it puts your...
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The Western Museums Association (WMA) was a proud Leader Sponsor of the Sixth Annual Museums Advocacy Day – a two-day event February 24-25, 2014, in Washington, DC. While many working in the museum field know that museums play a key role in education, job creation, tourism, economic development and more, many elected officials are not fully aware. In February, WMA Executive Director Jason B....
By Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied
For years, museums have demonstrated their public value as educational providers, community anchors and stewards of our national heritage. They’ve also earned a reputation for driving tourism, creating jobs, and attracting businesses to the community.
But health care?
A new report by the American Alliance of Museums intends to shift public perceptions about what...
For years, museums have demonstrated their public value as educational providers, community anchors and stewards of our national heritage. They’ve also earned a reputation for driving tourism, creating jobs, and attracting businesses to the community.
But health care?
A new report by the American Alliance of Museums intends to shift public perceptions about what...
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is going to the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2013 Annual Meeting in Baltimore! If you are there, stop by booth #1231, meet our Executive Director Jason B. Jones, view the Preliminary Program and learn more about the WMA 2013 Annual Meeting, and get some great giveaways from Salt Lake City museums!
If you’re unable to attend AAM 2013, follow us on...
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MAP Your Way to Excellence
"Our institution participated in the MAP program in 1987 and the experience put us on the road from a small historical society to the regional history museum we are today. At that time we were an institution of 3 full time staff, and a very small budget-less than $200,000. Today-23 years later-the institution has a staff of 35, and is a major regional museum in...
WestMuse--now with LIVE BLOGGING from the AAM annual meeting in Philly! I will be blogging from some of the sessions (wifi permitting), reporting on what I am learning and my thoughts on the sessions, the conference and Philly. Which I have to say is a pretty great place. I can't wait to start exploring some of the museums, like the Please Touch Museum, which I have yet to visit and some old...
