Association of Art Museum Directors

Industry classification

• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Organization overview

The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) is an organization of art museum directors from the United States, Canada and Mexico. It publishes Professional Practices in Art Museums, its policy document for the field, and conducts research such as the Art Museum Director Survey on issues including budgeting, public trust and engagement, collections care and talent management. AAMD has also partnered with other organizations to study censorship as experienced by its members.

Directors of art museums in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Areas of expertise

• Art Museum Leadership
• Museum Professional Practices
• Museum Policy

Functions

• Professional Standards
• Research
• Member Community

Topics

Professional Practices in Art Museums · Collections Care · Public Trust and Engagement · Museum Budgeting

Markets & geographic focus

United States · Canada · Mexico

Official contact information

• https://aamd.org

Resources

• AAMD Homepage

Source & information provenance

This organization profile was originally compiled by United Exports using publicly available sources identified below. Information may subsequently be updated or supplemented by the organization through the claim and review process.

Sources shown below identify the public sources used by United Exports in preparing the original profile.

• Official organization website· reviewed 2026-08-16Used to confirm organization identity
• AAMD Homepage· reviewed 2026-09-24Phase 2 enrichment: membership scope, Professional Practices, director survey

Manage this listing

Are you part of this organization? Every submission is reviewed by United Exports before anything is published.