American Alliance of Museums

The American Alliance of Museums (the Alliance) is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. The Alliance supports museum staff, boards, and volunteers across the country in better serving the public. The Alliance will support opportunities for sound professional preparation and provide outlets for professional research and publication, as well as foster the continued improvement of the museum profession through the development and observance of high standards of ethics. In promoting its purposes, the Alliance uses meetings, reports, papers, discussions, publications, and other media of publicity and communication so as to increase and diffuse knowledge of all matters pertaining to Museums and encourage cooperation among Museums, museum professionals, museum users, and the general public.