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In this cycle, we awarded $159,597.94 to nine organizations. Thank you to all of our volunteer panelists! We couldn’t do this without you. And, of course, thank you to our longtime funder and partner in these grant programs, Rasmuson Foundation. The impact they have had on…
Congratulations to our second round of Access to Alaska Native Collections grant recipients! Thank you to our amazing funders—The CIRI Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation! With their support, we were able to expand the grant program this cycle and award grants to eleven artists…
We flew to Juneau on Tuesday, January 30 through Friday, February 2, for advocacy training and to meet with the offices of Alaska State Senators and Representatives. Check out our pictures on Facebook. What was the impetus of our fly-in? At some point in my…
The Museums Alaska Board and Director will be traveling to Juneau from January 30 to February 2 to advocate for several field wide priorities. We will be reaching out to organizations for support letters in the near future. To make it as easy as possible,…
We’re excited to announce that we will be moving from Wild Apricot to Salesforce, which will allow us to streamline our services and communications to members. Wild Apricot has been a wonderful platform for the last several years, but in order to grow, we felt…
Beginning in 2024, we will be requiring all AAF and CMF applicants to be organizational members of Museums Alaska. This is a new requirement. As much as we would like to behave a like a foundation and award grants as a free service to our…
We haven’t raised our rates since 2015, but with the rising cost of doing business, we have made the difficult decision to raise them next year. Our new membership levels and rates beginning in January 2024 will be: Student: $0 Emerging Museum Professional (EMP): $25…
Thank you to the panels for all of your hard work in reviewing the applications. We appreciate you volunteering your time and expertise to the grant review. We couldn’t do it without you! And a huge thank you to Rasmuson Foundation for their 20th year…
