Welcome to ACM Groupsite - ACM's Online Community!


ACM Groupsite is the Association of Children's Museums' central hub online. It's a space where children's museum staff, stakeholders, and partners can view upcoming events from ACM, network with other children's museum professionals, and ask for advice, share ideas, and access resources on our discussion boards.


The ACM Member Resource Community and Hand to Hand Community are benefits for ACM members. If you are interested in joining ACM, contact Membership@ChildrensMuseums.org.

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The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) is proud to partner with We Can Do This (https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/), the COVID-19 public education campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  ACM will collaborate with children’s museums and related organizations across the U.S. to share critical information about the avail...

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RECENT ACTIVITY

Said: At The Bakken Museum, all full-time employees accrue PTO, starting at 200 hours (25 days) per year,  accrued monthly at 16.67 hours per month. For each additional year of service, employees accrue an additional 8 hours of PTO with ...
Said: @Wendy Taylor- my last job had PTO instead of separate vacation and sick time, but the policy was if someone left any accrued unused PTO was paid out so it would still be considered a liability.  There were limits on how much could...
Said: We have 10 paid holidays per year, mostly on the major bank holidays. We are open on those days and primarily run by part time staff. We pay hourly staff time and a half on those days because they are usually pretty chaotic.For ...
Said: We are a very small staff (3 full time, 1 part time) and cover each other as needed. No one takes advantage and people feel free to take the time they need. It's listed in our contracts, but we've never had a problem. 
Said: Our museum is closed for the following holidays: New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.  We also close early on New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve.  Full Time staff also get Memorial Day, July 4, and Lab...