Meet Up in MuseumExpo
Meet up at the MuseumExpo
The MuseumExpo at Annual Meeting is the place to meet up. From happy hours, book signings, and NeighborHubs to hundreds of exhibitors and the poster hall, you can find your next collaborator, museum innovation, and more on the MuseumExpo floor.
AAM is again partnering this year with the Museum Store Association to host an incredible combined expo hall. Find the most innovative services, products, and solutions in the museum field. With 350 exhibitors, you are bound to find the right partner for your museum’s current challenges and opportunities.
Browse all of the MuseumExpo events below to plan your schedule.
(photo at left: Daisy Brown, Front of House Manager, Storytelling Ambassador, and Staff Photographer, the Peale)
MuseumExpo & MSA Exhibitors
AAM is again partnering this year with the Museum Store Association (MSA) to host an incredible combined expo hall. Find the most innovative services, products, and solutions in the museum field. With 350 exhibitors, you are bound to find the right partner for your museum’s current challenges and opportunities.
Plan ahead and schedule appointments with AAM exhibitors in advance from the mobile app!
The MuseumExpo is open Friday, May 17, from 10 am – 5:30 pm and Saturday, May 18, from 9 am – 5:30 pm.
Poster Hall & Solutions Center Presentations
If you’re looking for even more educational content, hear from our poster and solutions center presenters! Download the attendee app to download digital versions of the posters you’re interested in straight to your phone. The Solutions Center schedule will be available soon.
AAM Resource Center, Bookstore, & Recharge Lounge
The AAM Resource Center in the MuseumExpo is a great spot to meet the AAM team or learn more about AAM programs. Take a break, charge your phone, and grab a latte (that doubles as a work of art) from BaristArt at the Recharge Lounge. Visit the AAM Bookstore to check out all of the newest titles for museum professionals and meet some of your favorite authors at book signings during MuseumExpo hours. Schedule is subject to change.
Friday, May 17
Renée Fleming
editor, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness and
Susan Magsamen, co-author, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
AAM Resource Center | 10:15 – 11 am
Brad King
editor, New Directions for University Museums
AAM Bookstore | 10:30 – 11 am
Timothy J. McNeil
author, The Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook
AAM Bookstore | 1 – 1:30 pm
Saturday, May 18
Monica Yunus
co-author, Pop Up Pianos
AAM Bookstore | 10 – 10:30 am
Gail Dexter Lord
author, Manual of Museum Management: For Museums in Dynamic Change, Third Edition
AAM Bookstore | 11 – 11:30 am
Beth Redmond-Jones
editor, Welcoming Museum Visitors with Unapparent Disabilities
AAM Bookstore | 12 – 12:30 pm
Dr. Jeremy Nobel
author, Project Unlonely
AAM Bookstore | 12:45 – 1:15 pm
Ruth E. Carter [canceled]
author, The Art of Ruth Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther
AAM Bookstore | 1:30 – 2 pm
Chris Wilson
author, The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
AAM Resource Center | 4:30 – 5 pm
Beverly Serrell and Katherine Whitney
co-authors, Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach, Third Edition
AAM Bookstore | 4:30 – 5 pm
NeighborHub Meetups
NeighborHubs in the Expo Hall offer a relaxed environment where you can easily connect and converse with others without a formal agenda. These hubs are ideal for spontaneous interactions, providing a space to meet, share ideas, and build connections during the event. Drop by NeighborHubs to seize the opportunity for casual yet meaningful conversations and networking by identity and interest area. Additional NeighborHubs include opportunities to connect on session proposals for the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo and joining Thanksgiving Point Institute to learn more about their nationwide, IMLS-funded study to understand the influence of cultural institutions on visitors who attend as part of an income-qualified access program. Find the NeighborHubs behind the Solutions Center in the MuseumExpo. Schedule is subject to change.
Friday, May 17
10 – 11 am
1: Museum Studies
2: Research, Evaluation, and Impact
3. Education, Interpretation, and Public Programs
4. LGBTQ+ Professionals
12:30 – 1:30 pm
1: Museums for All Visitor Impact Study with Thanksgiving Point
2: Emerging Museum Professionals
3. Curatorial Practice & Collections Stewardship
4. Exhibitions, Media, & Technology
4:20 – 5:20 pm
1: Museums for All Visitor Impact Study with Thanksgiving Point
2: Governance & Museum Leadership
3. Volunteer & Community Engagement
4. BIPOC museum professionals
Saturday, May 18
12:30 – 1:30 pm
1: Facilities & Operations
2: Small Museums
3. Historic Houses & Sites
4. Independent Museum Professionals
4:20 – 5:20 pm
1: What makes a good session proposal?
2: Marketing, Communications, & PR
3. Finance, Development, & Membership
4. DEAI & Anti-racism
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