Emerging Museum Professionals
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| Description: | Are you an Emerging Museum Professional? Have you been in the museum profession less than ten years? Are you interested in connecting with your peers? Have you been looking for additional resources to guide your career path? If this sounds like you, you've come to the right place. Created by a bunch of emerging staffers at the American Association of Museums (AAM), the Emerging Museum Professionals (EMP) group engages newcomers to the museum field with career development and networking events. Please share your ideas, post a comment or job, or ask a question—and invite your EMP friends to join in! Visit our website or e-mail us to learn more. Related Areas of Interest: Museums, Aquariums, Arboretums, Art, Art History, Botanical Gardens, Children, Historic Houses, History, Libraries, Maritime, Natural History, Planetariums, Science, Zoos, Archeology, Anthropology, Historic Preservation, Conservation, Archival Science, Exhibition Design, Education Make sure you also check out our: Listserv - http://groups.google.com/group/aame Myspace page - http://www.myspace.com/aamsemps Linkedin page - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/65/78 |
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Recent News
EMP Annual Meeting Fellowships
Fellowships are now available to specifically help emerging museum professionals attend the AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™.
Download the EMP Fellowship Requirements and Application at: http://aam-us.org/getinvol
To be considered, please complete and submit the EMP fellowship application, along with all other required materials.
Applications for submission will be accepted starting January 15, 2009 and must be received by February 12, 2009.
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Save the Date for
Museums Advocacy Day
February 23–24, 2009
Free registration is required
Visit http://www.speakupformuseu
Make your voice one of the first heard in 2009.
Get Involved! Whether you are a student taking your first steps into the museum field or a long-time member, all advocates are needed to raise public awareness about the issues important to museums. During this critical transition period, it is more important than ever to promote the educational and cultural role museums play in shaping our lives. During this 2-day event, you will receive special advocacy training in order to learn how to effectively communicate this value to a new Congress. Then, take the skills you learned and get your issues to the front of the line. AAM’s Government Relations team will arrange meetings for you with your representatives in Congress for you to tell them about your museum and the issues important to the museum field.
Fellowships are now available to specifically help emerging museum professionals attend the AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™.
Download the EMP Fellowship Requirements and Application at: http://aam-us.org/getinvol
To be considered, please complete and submit the EMP fellowship application, along with all other required materials.
Applications for submission will be accepted starting January 15, 2009 and must be received by February 12, 2009.
__________________________
Save the Date for
Museums Advocacy Day
February 23–24, 2009
Free registration is required
Visit http://www.speakupformuseu
Make your voice one of the first heard in 2009.
Get Involved! Whether you are a student taking your first steps into the museum field or a long-time member, all advocates are needed to raise public awareness about the issues important to museums. During this critical transition period, it is more important than ever to promote the educational and cultural role museums play in shaping our lives. During this 2-day event, you will receive special advocacy training in order to learn how to effectively communicate this value to a new Congress. Then, take the skills you learned and get your issues to the front of the line. AAM’s Government Relations team will arrange meetings for you with your representatives in Congress for you to tell them about your museum and the issues important to the museum field.
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Please see attached for details of a conference for new professions in museums. It will be held in Liverpool in October 2008.
The conference is aimed at those who are embarking on a museum career or are recent museum studies graduates.
Please pass on to any volunteers, and university students you know may be interested.
Registration is only £5 and it is a great networking opportunity.
Please reply to Hannah Paddon : hpaddon@bournemouth.ac.uk
The conference is aimed at those who are embarking on a museum career or are recent museum studies graduates.
Please pass on to any volunteers, and university students you know may be interested.
Registration is only £5 and it is a great networking opportunity.
Please reply to Hannah Paddon : hpaddon@bournemouth.ac.uk
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