Backlog Webinar
Shoestring Digital Preservation 
May 4, 2026, 4:00 p.m. (AZ)
In this webinar, we will walk through realistic, budget friendly steps that museums and archives can take to protect digital files, stabilize at risk media, and build sustainable workflows over time. We will focus on simple tools, clear decision making, and low cost practices that still align with professional standards.

Indian Arts Research Center and Gilcrease Museum Indigenous Collections Care Speaker Series (Virtual)
Use and Access of Collection 
May 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
This roundtable discussion will explore the complicated relationships between museums, researchers, and Indigenous communities. Experts in the field will share their perspectives, success stories, and lessons learned when engaging with research and access to collections. 

FireSpring Webinar  
From RSVPs to ROI: Event Marketing that Builds Buzz, Raises Funds, and Grows Community 
May 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
From creating an unforgettable atmosphere to crafting a marketing strategy that spans email, direct mail, websites, and more, you’ll learn how to build an event that aligns with your organizational brand, inspires attendees and strengthens long-term support.  

American Association for State and Local History Webinar
Engaging Younger Generations 
May 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
Attendees to this webinar will hear from Made By Us leadership about research and insights that can help history organizations more effectively appeal to and serve youth audiences.

Cultural Access Collaborative Webinar
Co-Creation with the Disability Community 
May 7, 2026, 12:30 p.m. (AZ)
Lincoln Park Zoo staff will share their model and practice of co-creating interpretive signage with people with disabilities. Each step of the process, from focus groups to prototyping to final evaluation, involved zoo staff and community partners working together to create unique and broadly accessible interpretation. Learn how this process changed and integrated new practices for accessibility not only in interpretation, but in programming, infrastructure, and more.  

American Alliance of Museums Webinar
Leadership Succession Plans and Planning 
May 7, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Hear from colleagues in the field about the importance of having a leadership succession plan in place; how it’s personal but not to take it personally; how to approach/navigate creating one; different types; examples of putting one into practice; and other best practices. Leave with strategies and resources to get the conversation and process started with your board.

GrantStation Webinar ($69)
Determining Your Revenue Mix 
May 7, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Deborah Steinkopf and Anthony Petchel will break down nonprofit Business and Finance Models to help you identify the revenue strategies that truly fit your organization.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts FREE Webinar
National Planning and Assessment Program Informational Session 
May 7, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (AZ)
Join CCAHA's Preservation Services team for an informal information session about our NEH-funded Collections Care Capacity Building program. We will share frequently asked questions and some basic tips about the application process and potential project scopes. Participants will have the opportunity to meet directly with the specialists who will be undertaking the planning, assessment, and training projects.

Resurveying American Art Initiative Webinar
Soundings at the University of Kansas: A Study in Object-Based Teaching and Collaboration 
May 8, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (AZ)  
Emily C. Casey, Hall Assistant Professor of American Art, and Celka Straughn, Deputy Director for Public Practice and Curatorial and Director of Academic Programs at the Spencer Museum of Art , both at the University of Kansas, will share their recent and ongoing collaboration that evolved from an object-based lesson to the exhibition Soundings: Making Culture at Sea and offer a model for how to activate collections at your own institution. 

National Council on Public History Webinar
Public History Advocacy: Where Do We Go From Here? 
May 12, 2025, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Join the NCPH Advocacy Committee for an open virtual meeting to share what you need from public history advocacy efforts. While continuing to respond to threats against the field, we also want to create space to ask: what do we want public history to look like, and how do we advocate for that vision together? By shifting our from defense to imagination, we invite the public history community into proactive, hopeful conversations about the future we want to build.

FireSpring Webinar  
Focus on the Future: The Art of Selling Your Board and Funders on Capacity Building 
May 12, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
This session will help you to identify the critical messages that will resonate with your audience and persuade them to make investments in the structure, marketing, promotion and future growth of your organization.

Conserv FREE Webinar
Making Sense of the Squiggly Lines, Understanding and Using your Monitoring Data 
May 13, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
This webinar demystifies data analysis and shows you how to turn numbers into compelling advocacy tools.

Museum Minds Collaborative Webinar
Squashing Imposter Syndrome  
May 13, 2026, 11:00 a.m.
We'll spend the first half of the meeting diagnosing exactly how Imposter Syndrome shows up in museum careers, from the gallery floor to the director's chair. The second half opens up for Q&A and open collaboration with your Museum Minds community.

Mid-Atlantic Museum Association Webinar
Encore Series: Choose your own adventure: multi-sensory approaches to inclusive exhibit design 
May 13, 2026, 9:00 a.m (AZ)
This session draws on over a decade of inclusive design practice, featuring case studies that highlight multisensory and multimodal approaches to exhibitions and programs.

Museums Moving Forward Webinar
Digging into the Data on Workplace Culture 
May 14, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)  
Hear about the latest findings from Museums Moving Forward’s 2025 report Workplace Equity and Organizational Culture in US Art Museums.  

Maryland Museums Association  Webinar
Oral History Planning and Ethics Workshop
May 14, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
This interactive training will provide an overview of oral history methods, and access to a new free toolkit for creating an oral history project/program. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.  

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. 

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

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

 

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)

Care and Identification of Photographs (from daguerreotypes to digital) 
April 13 - May 31, 2026
7-week online course with Gawain Weaver.                    

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)