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Events

AAM 2026

May 20, 2026

2026 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo

We are heading to Philadelphia from May 20-23, for the 2026 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo.
Our team can't wait to connect!

We'll be presenting two sessions:

Museums, Data, and Culturally Competent AI

Fri May 22, 2:30 PM

Moderated by Tiffany Lyons, Senior Consultant, Lord Cultural Resources

Presenters:

  •  Ali Hossaini, Lord Thought Leader and Professor of Digital Media & Culture, SOAS University of London
  • Jaelle Scheuerman (Train with Intent)

Mental Gymnasiums: How Museums Build Cognitive Strength in an AI World

Sat May 23, 8:30 AM

Moderated by Joy Bailey-Bryant, President & Managing Partner, Lord Cultural Resources 

Presenters: 

  • Mario Rossero, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum and Vice President, Carnegie Museums
  • Atiba T Edwards, President & CEO, Brooklyn Children's Museum
  • Monica Silvain, Lord Thought Leader and Co-Founder, Train with Intent

From Keepers to Catalysts: Museums as Engines of Equitable Tourism

Wed May 20, 5:00 PM

To kickoff AAM 2026, we are organizing a special event on opening night at The Fabric Workshop & Museum, featuring a discussion with international museum leaders and culture visionaries—please RSVP and join us.

From Venice to New Orleans, museums sit at the center of heritage tourism economies where stark racial income disparities and chronic underinvestment in cultural infrastructure persist. Today, museums are leveraging their authority to actively re-engineer tourism as an equitable, local community benefiting force.

Speakers:

  • Joy Bailey-Bryant — President & Managing Partner, Lord Cultural Resources
  • Daniel Hammer — ICOM Board member, President & CEO, The Historic New Orleans Collection
  • Arthur Affleck — Co-Chair, ICOM-US; President & CEO, Association of Children’s Museums
  • Kate Quinn — Co-Chair, ICOM-US
  • Valerie Gay — Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia
  • Angela Val — President & CEO of Visit Philadelphia
  • Lauren Swartz — President & CEO World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

Hosted at the Fabric Workshop & Museum. 

5:00 PM - Tour of Fabric Workshop and Museum (drinks and hors d’oeuvres)
6:00 PM - Program and discussion

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