American Association for State and Local History Webinar
STEPS Program Orientation 
May 19, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
All organizations enrolled in STEPS are invited to take part in this free orientation and refresher webinar to learn about the workbook and how to use it, how to access the online STEPS Community and resources, info on obtaining your certificates, and more.

The National Informal Stem Education Network Online Workshop
Library Collaborations to Engage Local Public Audiences 
May 19, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Learn about how museums can partner with libraries from across the US through the Space Science Institute's (SSI) NASA @ My Library program and the STAR (Science-Technology Activities and Resources) Library Network (STAR net).

Kentucky Museum and Heritage Association Learn@Lunch ($10)
Preserving Through Podcasting: Making Historic Preservation Accessible Through Digital Preservation 
May 19, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Join Erica Friis, Lead of Visitor Experience with the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation, in a session that explores how podcasting and digital storytelling can bridge the gap between technical preservation work and community understanding. Attendees will learn how digital audio platforms can demystify preservation processes, build public support for heritage protection, and create lasting educational resources that extend preservation's reach beyond traditional institutional boundaries.

GrantStation Webinar ($69)
Budgeting to Fully Fund Your Overhead 
May 20, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Mandy Pearce of Funding for Good will discuss how to craft realistic budgets and fund them completely, including your overhead.  The session will include how to write accurate, fundable budgets for your organization, programs, and projects and avoid the 3 most common budget mistakes. 

Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology 
Promoting STEAM Innovation and Invention in the Classroom 
May 20, 2026, 1:00 p.m. (AZ)
Nyssa Buning of the National Museum of American History’s Spark!Lab and Carol O’Donnell and Hannah Osborn of the Smithsonian Science Education Center will discuss the history of STEAM innovation in America and explore strategies for cultivating an inventive mindset in students.   Participants will also be provided with  access to a newly released e-book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center, Stories of Women in STEAM Innovation: Celebrating America's 250th. 

American Association for State and Local History Webinar
Creating a Staff Safety Plan 
May 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
Drawing on the work of the AASLH and NCPH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task Force, this webinar will provide recommendations and practical takeaways for improving workplace culture and protecting co-workers as well as the organization.  

FireSpring Webinar   
Marketing that Moves: Build the Bridge Between Mission and Audience 
May 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
From storytelling to digital outreach, this session will explore key tactics to enhance fundraising, volunteer engagement, and community support.

Ecsite Webinar
Inside the Pie - Member revenue models explained 
May 21, 2026 , 6:00 a.m. (AZ)  
This one-hour session will bring together a diverse range of Ecsite member organisations to share insights into their revenue composition. Each participating institution will present its financial model in a simple and accessible format: a single pie chart illustrating its key revenue streams.

ArtsVote Webinar
Engaging Candidates in Your Community - Asking the Right Questions 
May 26, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)  
This webinar will take a deeper dive into how 501c3 nonprofit organizations and individuals can safely and effectively participate in candidate engagement activities while discussing arts issues.

GrantStation FREE Webinar
Smarter Grant Prospecting: Using GrantStation + AI Tools to Streamline Your Grant Strategy 
May 26, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
In this webinar, Alice Ruhnke and David Gates will demonstrate how to harness the combined power of GrantStation’s funder database with AI tools like ChatGPT to streamline your prospect research and outreach efforts. You’ll be guided through the essential steps of an effective grant strategy and learn how pairing AI tools with funder databases can make the process faster, smarter, and more targeted.

Arts Action Fund FREE Webinar 
ArtsVote: Engaging Candidates in Your Community - Asking the Right Questions 
May 26, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)  
This webinar will take a deeper dive into how 501c3 nonprofit organizations and individuals can safely and effectively participate in candidate engagement activities while discussing arts issues. 

Productive Fundraising FREE Webinar
fundraiserchad’s Favorite Free (or cheap) Fundraising Tools 
May 27, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Chad Barger will highlight the free (or inexpensive) tools that he uses to make fundraising easier and more efficient. Over 15 tools will be discussed and demonstrated ranging from apps to websites to gadgets to books and more. It’s your chance to take a look under the hood and see how Chad works and serves his nonprofit clients on a daily basis.

Center for Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts FREE Webinar
Turning Assessment Recommendations Into Actions: How To Make Practical Use Of Assessment Reports  
May 29, 2026, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (AZ)
This session will provide a brief overview of assessment processes and content, featuring real-world examples with guest speakers from organizations that have undertaken an assessment. They will address how to get started, tips for staying organized, and ways to seek outside help from students and consultants. 

Independent Museum Professionals Webinar
iMPs and AI: "The-Human-in-the-Loop” 
May 29, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Museums are embracing artificial intelligence to boost productivity, cut costs, and reimagine the visitor experience. For Independent Museum Professionals (IMPs), that shift raises urgent questions: How do we stay relevant? How do we serve clients responsibly as the landscape changes? Join us for our next webinar to find out. Our upcoming IMP webinar brings together three practitioners who are already navigating these question.

American Association for State and Local History Webinar
Demystifying AI for History Organizations 
June 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
Robert Becker of the Keizer Heritage Museum, a small museum in Oregon, will lead a discussion on demystifying what AI actually is, what it can do in our field, and its limits. Attendees will learn how responsible AI use can streamline workflows, aid with administrative and some interpretive work, and help your team serve the community more effectively.

American Alliance of Museums Webinar
Charting a New Course for Education: Museum Edition KnowledgeWorks 
June 8, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
This panel will explore how museums could navigate and shape the futures of education outlined in Charting a New Course for Education, KnowledgeWorks’ most recent forecast. Drawing from KnowledgeWorks 20 years of strategic foresight research and their latest forecast, panelists from across the museum field will reflect on how their institutions are grappling with the drivers of change impacting education over the next decade: Integrating with AI, Everyday Disruptions, Eroding Public Institutions and The Relevance Gap, and what they might mean for the context of museums today.

GrantStation Webinar ($69)
Ethical Storytelling & Outcomes in Grant Management Reporting 
June 8, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Amanda Day and Kimberly Hays de Muga will share best practices for efficiently and ethically collecting data, gathering client success stories, and documenting when things go sideways. They will describe how to navigate difficult conversations with directors or senior management who may pressure you not to report unfavorable outcomes on a grant report.

Blue Avocado Webinar
Why Nonprofits Need Directors and Officers Insurance  
June 11, 2026 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
This webinar is meant to clarify and educate nonprofits on the basics surrounding what they should know about Directors and Officers insurance. Topics covered will include: • Key coverage components • Additional coverages to consider • The difference between D&O and General Liability • Other safeguards 

American Association for State and Local History Webinar
Sustaining Engagement After Commemorations 
June 11, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
This session explores how museums, heritage areas, and community partners can transform commemorative moments into long-term engagement strategies. 

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts FREE Webinar 
Handling Photographs for Digitization 
June 16, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (AZ)
Digital Archives Specialist Kaitlyn Pettengill will be in conversation with Associate Photo Conservator Ivey Barker to discuss the unique challenges of working with photographs in achieving your digitization goals. They will discuss the differences in digitization setups for a range of photographic materials, including cased photographs, glossy prints, and slides. Considerations of varying photographic formats, materials, and vulnerabilities will help participants shape an effective digitization strategy.  

Virginia Association of Museums Webinar
Burnout, Boundaries, and Belonging 
June 16, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
This webinar explores practical, people-first strategies that institutions of any size can use to build healthier boundaries, foster belonging, and support staff well-being. Through real-world examples and crowd-sourced solutions, attendees will gain actionable tools to make museum work more sustainable and human-centered—no HR department required.

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Encore Webinar ($25)
Build Only What is Necessary: Realizing Mission through Architecture, Landscape, and Systems at Storm King Art Center 
June 17, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (AZ)  
Storm King Art Center’s first capital project, opened in May 2025, expanded the museum’s ability to improve visitor experience while protecting its art, landscape, and operations. Guided by a “build only what is necessary” approach, the project focused on essential facilities and sustainable, mission-driven design. Hear directly from project leaders as they share practical lessons on planning, accessibility, design, systems integration, and making the most of financial and spatial resources.

Virginia Association of Museums Webinar
Museum Advocacy in Action: Building Support at the Local and State Level 
June 23, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
This session explores how museums can effectively advocate for funding, visibility, and community support at both the local and state levels. Participants will learn how advocacy is rooted in relationship-building, storytelling, and demonstrating community impact; not partisan politics.

American Association for State and Local History Virtual Workshop|
Strengthening History Communications: Reframing the Value of History and Your Institution 
June 24, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Drawing on research from AASLH’s Reframing History project, this workshop will help you communicate with public audiences more effectively and build a wider understanding of the value of history and history organizations. This workshop will include an overview of research findings, discussions about major challenges in communicating history with colleagues from around the country, and an opportunity to begin crafting your own communications materials. 

Museums for All Webinar
Informational Session on Expanding Community Access for Underserved Audiences 
June 24, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Through Museums for All, those receiving food assistance (SNAP benefits) can gain free or reduced admission to more than 1,600 museums throughout the United States. Staff from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Association of Children’s Museums will discuss why and how your organization can participate.

Society for Non-Profit Organizations Webinar ($69)
AI for Nonprofits: From Tools to Strategy to Impact 
June 25, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Participants will be introduced to four leading AI tools—ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity—and learn how to match each one to everyday nonprofit tasks. The session will also cover how to write effective prompts, generate grant-ready content, and apply AI responsibly within your organization.

Productive Fundraising FREE Webinar
Recalibrate Your Events to Fuel Year-Round Fundraising 
June 30, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Join Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP, for a workshop focused on getting the most out of your organization’s special events.  He will review the true purpose and ideal revenue model for events.  He’ll also review concrete steps to grow year-round revenue by converting event attendees to annual donors and event sponsors to corporate partners, and also provide some real world examples of unique fundraising events that have broken the mold.

Texas Association of Museums Webinar
Transforming Security to Improve Collection Care and the Visitor Experience 
July 7, 2026, 10:30 a.m. (AZ)
Beginning in 2023, Art Sentry and the Dallas Museum of Art undertook a multi-phase project to deploy Art Sentry’s patented object protection technology throughout the museum. With initial phases completed and the roadmap for future phases already in place, speakers will share their insights on what goes into planning and executing a project on this scale.  

Backlog Webinar
Archival Value 
July 20, 2026, 3:00 p.m. (AZ)
This webinar explores the informational, evidential, and intrinsic characteristics of archival materials, and how these concepts shape what becomes valuable to researchers.

Backlog Webinar
Archival Reference 
September 28, 2026, 3:00 p.m. (AZ)
This session explores the information researchers need to access and understand your collections, what you need to provide to support that use, and the shared responsibility and care that exists between archivists and users.

MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS   

The American Alliance of Museums 
2026 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo 
May 20 to May 23, 2026 
Philadelphia, PA

MuseumNext Virtual Conference
Museum AI Summit 
May 27-28, 2026

Costume Society of America Annual National Meeting and Symposium 
May 31 - June 4, 2026
Charlotte NC

2026 Ecsite Conference
June 2 to 4, 2026
Gothenburg, Sweden

American Association for State and Local History Workshop (Virtual)
Basics of Archives Management 
June 10, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Provides an overview of the basic concepts and strategies for successful archives management. It is designed for individuals working or volunteering in museums, archives, libraries, and cultural heritage organizations who have little or no experience with managing archival collections.

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Annual Conference 
June 16-21, 2026
The Henry Ford, Dearborn MI

American Association for State and Local History Workshop 
Collections Camp: Textiles 
June 22-23, 2026
Hartford CT

American Association for State and Local History Workshop 
Reimagining the Historic House Museum 
July 10, 2026
Nashville, Tennessee 

Arizona Paper Preservation Workshop 
July 16-17, 2026
Tempe History Museum, Tempe AZ

Association of African American Museums Annual Conference 
August 19 – 21, 2026
Philadelphia, PA

Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (AI4LAM)
Fantastic Futures: Trust in the Loop 
September 15–17, 2026
Washington, D.C.

2026 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums 
September 21–24, 2026|
Spokane, Washington

American Association for State and Local History and National Council on Pulbic History Joint Conference 
September 16 – 19, 2026
Providence, Rhode Island

American Association for State and Local History Workshop (Virtual)
NAGPRA Essentials for History Organizations 
October 22, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
This workshop will give you the tools you need to understand and apply NAGPRA principles at your organization and maintain ethical and authentic partnerships with Native organizations.

 

COURSES    

American Association for State and Local History Online Courses
June 15-July 13, 2026 Introduction to Financial Management 
June 15 - July 13, 2026 Project Management for History Professionals 
June 15-August 9, 2026 Developing Exhibitions: Planning and Design 
June 15-August 9, 2026 Caring for Museum Collections 
June 15-August 9, 2026 Basics of Archves

The Center for Collections Care Online Courses 
January 8-29, 2026: Fundamentals of Collections Care (Level 1)                  
March 18-April 8, 2026: NAGPRA in Practice (Level 2)                      
April 8-May 6, 2026:  Culturally Informed Collections Stewardship (Level 1)        
September 10-October 1, 2026: Fundamentals of Collections Management (Level 1)                 

American Association for State and Local HistoryArcus Leadership Program Courses
Specifically designed for emerging and mid-level professionals and volunteers, these self-paced courses help participants understand the most critical topics in the history field and incorporate that understanding into their work. Start these courses any time.
Accessibility for Historical Organizations 
Creating Engaging Social Media Content for History Organizations 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for History Organizations 
Foundational Principles of LGBTQ+ Inclusion 
Introduction to Fundraising 
Introduction to Indigenous History 
Program Planning for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot Online Course
Marketing Your Nonprofit 
Six-week eCourse to help  nonprofits improve their marketing capabilities and learn to build a comprehensive strategy.   Course includes 6 emails, one focused lesson per email with tools, templates and worksheets for hands-on learning.

GrantStation 
Turbocharge Your Grantwriting Skills ($399)
7 units guide you through the entire grant proposal process step-by-step. You’ll learn how to craft an organizational background, compelling statement of need, process and outcome evaluation, approach, and budget with detailed videos, downloads, examples, and other resources. 

Finding New Sources of Funding in Challenging Times
Think beyond traditional sources of financial support to fund cultural resource projects. Learn how to evaluate a cultural resource project for its value in serving broader community needs. Review traditional funding types versus alternative sources that can be redirected to meet project goals. 
(On demand)

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Online Course
Museum Collections Documentation and Data Cleaning
Provides essential museum documentation information for museum staff with all levels of knowledge. It begins with an introductory overview and ends with specific documentation issues. Learners can take the modules in order or choose a module or two that fits their needs.
(On demand)

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Online Course
Preservation Housekeeping for Heritage Sites and Small Museums
Covers guidelines, best practices and resources for the regular upkeep of historic interiors and exteriors as well as the contents of historic buildings. This one- to two-hour self-paced course has been designed for those who work or volunteer in small museums or heritage sites and who have little to no training in conservation.
(On demand)