Event: Museum Exhibition Professional Practice Group Grammy Rooftop Reception

Will you be in Los Angeles next week, for the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2025 annual conference, May 6-9? 

Are you involved in exhibitions in any capacity?

Then you’ll want to know about this event next Wednesday night.

In 2023, the AAM somewhat inexplicably announced that they would dissolve their Professional Networks. These were the subgroups within the organization dedicated to specific interests in the field. One was called the National Association for Museum Exhibition, or NAME. (No comment.)

NAME was a broad community for those involved in exhibitions. When it closed, an attempt was made to try to come up with a replacement of some kind.

Fast forward a bit, and seven months ago, back in September of 2024, I did an episode of the Making the Museum podcast called A New Community for the Exhibition Field, with Cybelle Jones, Steven Rosen, and George Mayer. It’s worth a listen.

Fast forward to now, and this new initiative, the SEGD Professional Practice Group (PPG) for Museum Exhibition Professionals, is hosting a reception next Wednesday night at the Grammy Museum rooftop. It’s not an AAM event, it’s just nearby. But it will be a great party. 

More information and tickets here.

Can’t attend? Find out more about the SEGD PPG for Museum Exhibition here, including events like the monthly webinar.

Here’s the thing:

Obviously, I’m biased, but I think a community for the museum exhibition field is important.

So I hope to see you there!

Warmly,
Jonathan