News & Announcements

The National Endowment for the Humanities is now accepting applications to the 2024 Public Impact Projects at Smaller Organizations grant program...

Starting Soon: Networking Events

Since 2022, VCSS has partnered with museums and educational institutions across the Commonwealth to offer these free/low-cost professional...

New Volunteer Committee Lineup: Community Engagement Committee Governance Committee Resource Development Committee Get Involved Want to have...

View a recap of events held at the conference in Virginia Beach; remarks from the new Council President; upcoming events and workshops

At our Annual Meeting during the Conference last month, Karen L. Daly was elected President of VAM. The following is an excerpt from her...

Read about news in the community here: https://conta.cc/3T9llHI

VAM and PMF is offering scholarships to attend the conference and read about how the VA's Top 10 Program impacts the MacArthur...

Rob Thomas, a local Industrial Designer, is assisting the Museum of Yesterday in finding a home for this historic collection of radios, telephones...

The Poe Museum received the “People’s Choice Award” in 2023 for garnering the most votes in the online voting. The fantastic artifact they nominated...

Read what is new in the January edition! Learn more about VAM's Advocacy Day and how to get involved.

View the #VAM2024 Conference Sessions!

Read what is new in the December edition! VAM's annual conference is approaching and we have ways to get involved with the conference!

Silent Auction Donations

VAM is challenging you to a caption challenge! Read all about it in the November e-newsletter.

We are excited to announce that sponsorships are now available for the 2024 Conference in Virginia Beach!! This is a great...

Can you pass the citizenship test? Check out events and workshops in the October e-newsletter

See what VAM and VAM members are offering this fall: VAM E-News August 2023 Please Welcome New and Returning Members September 2023    ...

Amanda Williams is an excellent example of a forward-thinking, productive, education manager here at the MacArthur Memorial. Serving as the...

Virginia Museum Innovation Award - The Taubman Museum of Art The Innovation Award was created to recognize museums that demonstrate a commitment...

Virginia Museum Educator Award 2022 - Christy Deatherage As Virginia Museum of Natural History Education Manager, Christy coordinates the...

Ann Brownson Award for Outstanding Service to the Virginia Museum Field - Peggy Sheets The Ann Brownson Award is given annually to an individual...

VAM Council Adopts New Strategic Plan

Introducing the Keynote Speaker

Read one of VAM's members on what interested them to pursue a career in museums.

A member of VAM Council shares how she networked through one of VAM's events to land a full-time role.

VAM reveals the Strategic Plan; Call for Proposals are open; exciting events in the community; Hails & Farewells to VAM members; Read more here

Revealing new VAM workshops; VAM Annual Conference and venue announced; Read more here.

Two new staff are introduced to VAM; Cheers to long-time VAM member Tracy Gillespie for retiring with 39 years of museum experience; re-cap of the...

The Virginia Association of Museums is pleased to announce the final awards selection for the 2023 Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts...

The "Art of Happiness" is a new, unique, and innovative program that offers mental health self-help tactics and strategies by using art exhibits,...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the birth of our country, what it means to be revolutionary is a central question, both in our examination...

2022 marks the 11th anniversary of the Virginia Association of Museums' successful Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program which as benefited...

Dear VAM Members, VAM Council Members, and VAM Staff, As 2022 comes to a close, I wanted to share my gratitude and appreciation for all you do for...

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

VAM E-News May 2022

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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...

VAM's monthly Enews features news from VAM and members, announcements, grants and professional development opportunities, and much more! Read the...

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,...

VAM's monthly Enews features news from VAM and members, announcements, grants and professional development opportunities, and much more! Read the...

Do you have an impactful story to tell? What challenges or successes can you share with your colleagues to help the museum field grow? Are there...

We are excited to return to our partnership programming with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as we present the next installment in the Connect to...

VAM's monthly Enews features news from VAM and members, announcements, grants and professional development opportunities, and much more! Read the...

VAM's monthly Enews features news from VAM and members, announcements, grants and professional development opportunities, and much more! Read the...

VAM is honored to announce the 2021 Leadership & Advocacy Fellow - Whitney Zahar Whitney is a museum educator at The Valentine Museum in...

VAM is excited to present a new & affordable professional development opportunity only for VAM members! Featuring Beth Ziesenis (aka Your Nerdy...

Join Us in Welcoming Rebecca Guest as Our New Membership & Development Manager We are excited to welcome back our friend and colleague Rebecca...

The 2021 VAM Leadership and Advocacy Fellow needs your help with her project!

Thanks to our Strategic Partners - DLR Group - for sharing their straight-forward, easy to follow guide, for museums preparing to re-open, taking...

Nominations are now open for VAM's annual conference awards - Museum Educator of the Year & Museum Innovation Nominate your rock star...

The Virginia Association of Museums is pleased to announce the final awards selection for the 2020 Conserving Diversity edition of the Virginia's...

VAM is proud to announce the 2020 Honorees of our Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program! This year's selection includes such items as the...

Due to an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in December, Virginia Governor Ralph Northram has released Executive Order Seventy-Two which lists...

Our 2021 Annual Conference Goes Virtual

The Office of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced additional measures to address the increased rates of COVID-19 through updated Executive...

For the 2020 edition of our nationally recognized Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program, we introduce the special theme Conserving...

Registration is now open for our Fall Virtual Workshop Series!

Help VAM & the State Museum Association Community Learn More About the Impact of COVID-19 on the Museum Community VAM has been working...

The deadline is fast approaching for complying with temporary measures passed by Virginia's legislature this year. Learn more!

American Alliance of Museums Proposes Plan to Get Field Back to Work The American Alliance of Museums, in partnership with Americans for the...

The Office of the Governor has released an amendment to ease some restrictions due to COVID-19 Details concerning "Entertainment" businesses of...

Come with the VAM staff to our first post-COVID museum exhibition. What was the same? What was different? Read the post with images Last Friday,...

The General Assembly will be meeting this month to adjust the current budget to reflect reduced income and increased expenses due to COVID. Make...

Read the latest news for August 2020

Read VAM's July 2020 Enews

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's office has announced the guidelines for Phase III reopening for business sectors in the Commonwealth. Phase Two...

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's office has announced the guidelines for Phase Two reopening for business sectors in the Commonwealth. Phase Two...

Read the June 2020 Enewsletter

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in hopes of offering support to our community, VAM has partnered with Preservation Virginia, Virginia...

Celebrate Museum Week May 11-17! This year's international celebration of museums on social media takes on greater meaning as museums struggle with...

Virginia Association of Museums, in partnership with Pendella & Risk Strategies, has launched a new Health & Income Protection Insurance...

If you've missed one of our weekly chats or want to go back and rewatch one, we are compiling our Tuesday Talk Online Chats here for your...

Our list of Virginia museums offering online content has grown so much we had to create a new web page! We're truly in awe of the hard work that's...

Congress has passed the CARES Act...what does it mean for museums? Here is a review of the CARES Act from the American Alliance of Museums. A...

VAM has created a new web page to try and compile the abundance of resources, services, and information becoming available in hopes of helping our...

Recorded Video: How to Engage from Afar We just completed our first online chat on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, and had over 60 members and friends join...

Advocacy Alert! VAM has joined the American Alliance of Museums, American...

We are so grateful to all of our members who attended our recent conference. We had a wonderful time, and everyone worked together to make sure...

Take a look at our end of year report from 2019! In addition to VAM's annual report, we have also included some data learned from our Fall 2019...

Read the February 2020 Enews If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

The General Assembly session is officially underway, and bills are making their way through the chambers. If you are new to the process, any bill...

As the General Assembly gets underway for the 2020 Session, here are some bills that Virginia museums may want to follow as they work their way...

Read the January 2020 Enewsletter If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

The Governor’s Budget for the 2020-2022 biennium has been released. To view the full budget bill, visit...

30 fascinating education sessions 13 stimulating events 3 delicious meals 1 awesome conference Read the Preliminary Conference Program...

Have you taken a few moments yet to explore all of the member discounts from our affinity partners yet? This curated group of discounts was created...

Read the December 2019 Enewsletter If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach was first released over 20 years ago (1996, though the latest edition was published in 2015 by Rowman...

Read the November 2019 Enews If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

Register now for the 2019-2020 Workshop Series! Each season, VAM presents up-to-date training on topics relevant to staff and volunteers in the...

Read the October 2019 Enews If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

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Read the latest enews for the month of August 2019. If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

Read the latest July 2019 Enews from VAM. If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list, sign up here.

Now that you have created your profile on VAM's new website (if you don't yet have a profile, review this blog for details on how to do that), and...

Read the latest news in VAM's June Enews. If you're not on VAM's monthly enewsletter list yet, sign up here.

Our mobile app partner VAMONDE has archived this useful webinar on using Facebook Ads. Take a listen! View the webinar on You Tube.

Do you have programs or events that highlight something unique about your locality and the great Commonwealth we live in? Are you interested in...

Read the latest news from VAM in the May Enews. If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list, sign up here.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2019 Annual Conference in Lynchburg! What did you think of our new citywide conference? You can share...

Read the laste news from VAM in the April Enews. If you're not on VAM's monthly enewsletter list, sign up here.

VAM has partnered with 360 Coverage to offer some new, tangible benefits to all of our members. Take a few minutes to explore all the available...

Read the lastest news from VAM in the March Enews. If you're not on VAM's enewsletter yet, sign up here.

Read the latest news from VAM in the February Enews. If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list, sign up here.

Read the latest news from VAM in the January Enews. If you're not on VAM's enewsletter list, sign up here.

We are proud to announce the launch of our new Virginia Museums app, the newest way VAM is helping our members with their marketing and outreach...

Read the latest news and announcements from the October 2018 Enews!

Take a look at VAM's September enews.