Association of
African
American
Musuems

AAAM is a  premier national and international network that empowers its members through advocacy, professional development, and collaboration in order to protect, preserve and interpret the art, history, and culture of the African diaspora.

The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) is a non-profit member organization established to support African and African American focused museums nationally and internationally, as well as the professionals who protect, preserve and interpret African and African American art, history and culture.

AAAM was established to provide professional development and networking opportunities to serve its membership base and African American and African diaspora audiences broadly. The Association has a longstanding success rate of convening leaders, from national and international institutions, around issues of professional development and capacity building, boasting a membership of over 800 individual and institutional members rallying around this worthy cause.

In the late 1960s, Dr. Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, and Dr. Charles H. Wright, of the Museum of African American History in Detroit, initiated a series of conferences for Black museums. In 1978, a consortium of six Black museums, with funding from the National Museum Act (administered by the Smithsonian Institution), presented a series of conferences at participating institutions. The conferences provided the opportunity for an ad hoc committee to lay the groundwork for yet another organization.

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AAAM membership is comprised of museum professionals, historic institutions, and affiliated organizations that share an interest in African American art, culture, and history.

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AAAM works as an advocate for the interests of institutions and individuals committed to the support of African and African derived cultures.

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Your contribution to AAAM will help us continue to support African and African American focused museums nationally and internationally, as well as the professionals who protect, preserve and interpret African and African American art, history and culture.

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