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: : "I'm interested in talking to staff leaders from museums that weathered the 2008 recession. I have a few questions centering on how your museum was affected and how it responded. Please contact me directly if you're interested in sharing s...
Said: : "Hi Julie, I would love to see a copy of what you have put together if you do not mind. director@wheelandcog.com Thank you, Jess Sabrowsky Wheel and Cog Children's Museum of Hutchinson"
Said: : "We went from all volunteer at the beginning of 2019 to having 1 full time and 6 part time employees over the course of this year. We hired an HR consultant to help us put together an employee handbook, it was about $500 and I think was w...
Said: : "Hi Brian, To clarify, square footage for traveling exhibits decreased from 43% to 36% - a 7% change - and the number of museums reporting hosting traveling exhibits decreased from 23% to 17% - a 6% change. So, there was only a 6% drop i...
Said: : "Thank you to everyone who has responded! The anecdotal responses, as well as ACM's hard data, certainly shed some light on this issue. A 25% drop in museums hosting travelers from 2012-2016 is statistically significant. And it will be ver...