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Session proposals are now open! Applications for conference sessions are now being accepted through November 20th, 2022, for consideration of...

The Virginia Association of Museums (VAM) is pleased to announce that it has named Richard M. Josey Jr as its first Diversity, Equity,...

Virginia Association of Museums Announces New Executive Director Rick Hurley chosen to lead one of nation's largest museum...

VAM E-News May 2022

2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Virginia Association of Museums' sucessful Virginia's Top 10 Engandered Artifacts program whcih as benefited...

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It’s with mixed emotions that I share that I’ll be leaving VAM at the end of the year. It’s hard for me to believe it’s been...

Help Celebrate Ten Years of VAM's Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program!

New research from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Wilkening Consulting find that among the public, museums remain a top trusted source of...

Brick and log structures at the McChesney Farm Slave Descendants and Dwellings In 2019, Historic Lexington Foundation (HLF) began an initiative to...

In 1900, about 40% of Americans lived in rural areas, By 2010, less than 18% of the U.S. population lived in rural areas. In just over a century,...

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