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National Association for Museum Exhibition
About Us


We are

the National Association for Museum Exhibition, one of AAM's Standing Professional Committees.

Our mission

is to enhance the cultural landscape by advancing the value and relevance of exhibitions through dialogue among individuals, museum leaders and the public. NAME promotes excellence and best practices, identifies trends and recent innovations, provides access to resources, promotes professional development and cultivates leadership.

Our Code of Ethics

guides what we do as an organization and as individual exhibition professionals.

We offer

professional development opportunities through conference sessions and workshops at national and regional levels. We offer dialogue with exhibits colleagues through our professional journal Exhibitionist and other publications and this website. We offer networking through our Members Directory and social events. And we are the nationwide voice of the exhibits profession.

NAME represents

over 800 museum staff and independent professionals. The membership of NAME includes designers, content developers, fabricators, evaluators, and others engaged in public programming and museums.