*** New *** Seminar Series in Museum Collections Management

The African American Museum is hosting a new Seminar Series in Museum Management for institutions with African American and/or African Diaspora collections. This seminar series is designed to address the challenges faced by institutions entrusted with collections.

We recognize that many historic institutions find themselves in the position of being collections stewards; hence we have designed a series that will provide staff and volunteers of these organizations with the information necessary to improve their stewardship practices.  Our goal is to better enable participating institutions to identify and prioritize their needs, locate professional resources and seek funding.   

The series is comprised of eight (8) sessions of 75 minutes each and will be scheduled between June 2012 and November 2013.  At this time, we are inviting you to participate in this series. All interested participants should email jfinely@aampmuseum.org (space is limited).

Business Mentoring Youth Program (BMY)

As one of the many programs that make up WorkReady Philadelphia, AAMP is a part of an ongoing citywide effort to build a solid workforce for our region. The purpose of BMY is to create relationships where mentoring pairs share information and experiences to help students develop life skills, appreciate the value of education, understand how the working world operates, solve problems and achieve mutually agreed upon goals.

Greater Philadelphia Urban Coalition Youth Program

Sponsored by the Summer Youth Works Program, AAMP facilitates workforce development training for Philadelphia high school students. Twenty students are trained annually to become Junior Tour Guides and program managers for the Passport to Culture: Summer Youth Empowerment Program. The Education department also facilitates a collaborative summer project with the students.

Passport to Culture: Summer Youth Empowerment Program – July and August

Designed to complement our exhibits, summer programs offer tours, interdisciplinary arts activities, African dance and music workshops, and a journey to historic moments in the rich cultural history of the people of Africa and the Diaspora through storytelling.

Museum Loan Network (MLN) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The MLN Directory provides on-line access to the civil rights photographs in the Jack T. Franklin Collection for other museums, in addition to a wide range of scholars and students in the fields of American History, American Studies and African American Studies as well as to the general researcher