CA Association of Museums

May is Membership Month at CAM! This is a time to celebrate and strengthen the community that makes our work possible. We are dedicating this month to welcoming new and returning members, to help expand our impact even further. Join us in building a more vibrant, inclusive museum field. Your membership truly makes a difference! 💚 Join today via the link in our bio! ✨

Interested in connecting your business with museum professionals statewide? CAM Business Memberships are designed for organizations that serve museums, creating opportunities for visibility, connection, collaboration, and engagement across the field. We’re proud to spotlight California Humanities as one of our valued Business Lead members helping support culture, storytelling, and community across the state. Join CAM today! Link in bio 💚 hashtag#CAM #calmuseums #CAMmembermaynia #californiamuseums #CAMmember

Know someone who’s looking for more connection, culture, inspiration, or career growth? A CAM membership makes a meaningful gift for museum professionals, emerging leaders, dedicated volunteers, students, and lifelong learners alike ✨ By gifting a membership, you’re opening the door to professional development, networking opportunities, statewide community, advocacy, and resources that support people working across the museum field. Who in your life would love to feel more connected to California’s museum community? Tag a colleague, mentor, volunteer, or museum friend below! #CAM #calmuseums #CAMmembermaynia #californiamuseums #CAMmember

This Mother’s Day, we’re reflecting on five ways museums nurture the people around them and celebrating all the caregivers, educators, and community builders who make that possible every day. What’s a museum memory that has stayed with you? Did a museum ever spark your curiosity as a child? What museum would you love to visit with someone you care about? One of the best ways to support museums and the people behind them is by becoming part of a stronger museum community. Join or renew your CAM membership today and help us continue building connection, learning, advocacy to support museums across California. Join us via the link in our bio! Happy Mother’s Day from CAM! 💚  #CAM #calmuseums #CAMmembermaynia #californiamuseums #CAMmember

Does your institution have a CAM membership? Join or renew today to connect with museum professionals and institutions across California while gaining access to valuable resources, advocacy, networking, and professional development opportunities. As one of our Lead Institutional Members, the Japanese American National Museum is a wonderful example of how CAM membership helps empower museum staff, strengthen community connections, and support meaningful work across the field. Be part of a statewide network dedicated to collaboration, learning, and uplifting museums of all sizes. Join CAM: /join-cam/  #CAM #calmuseums #CAMmembermaynia #californiamuseums CAMmember

Thinking about becoming a CAM member? Already signed up but not sure how to take full advantage of everything available to you? Join us on May 20 at 12pm for CAM Member MAYnia Open House! This informal, interactive session is an opportunity to come ask questions, explore benefits, and learn practical tips for getting the most value out of your CAM membership. Whether you’re curious about what’s included, looking to maximize your current perks, or just want a clearer roadmap, we’ll walk you through it all. CAM staff will walk participants through the benefits that come with CAM membership, the impact membership has, and the best ways to maximize membership. Come with questions, leave with clarity! RSVP via link in bio!

Happy May 4th! Yoda has a special message for you: Join today! 💚

This month during Membership MAYnia we will be highlighting some of our members! Gabriel Lee is a CAM Connect Member and also serves on the CAM Board of Directors. CAM Connect Memberships are an accessible entry point into our statewide community. Join us as a member to get bi-weekly eNews filled with job postings, professional development opportunities, and sector-wide announcements. As a Connect Member you are also able to serve on our Committees which are a wonderful opportunity to work alongside other museum professionals and gain hands on strategic experience. Join today via link in bio!

CAM’s Executive Director Jennifer Caballero had the pleasure of attending @caforthearts Summit in Sacramento CA this week on April 19+20. Here are some highlights from her experience! Thank you @caforthearts and @caartsadvocates for connecting arts advocates across the state! Want to learn more about Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month? Visit: /accm-2026 Learn what you can do today! Visit: caartsadvocates.org/take-action⁠ #ACCM2026 #BoundlessCulture #BoundlessCreativity #JoyActionPower #50in50

We are still buzzing from our CAM 2026 Opening and Closing Town Halls, which featured Ann Burroughs, Rick Kaz Noguchi, and Todd Lerew. Here are just a few of the thoughtful and inspiring remarks, questions and topics that were covered. Our keynote speakers really helped us dive deeper into the conference theme Reframing, giving us practical ideas, and fresh new perspectives. What stood out most to you?

Please join us in welcoming Kevin McGarry as CAM’s newly elected Board President! With 15+ years in public history and a deep commitment to education and community engagement, we’re excited for his leadership as we continue to serve California’s museum community.

Last week our Executive Director Dr. Rachel M. Miller was joined at @CalMuseums annual conference by the wonderful Felicia Van Stolk, Executive Director of @SantaCruzMuseum , and Melissa Jones, Public Programs Manager of the @SanDiegoHistoryCenter . Moderated by the Museum's Marketing & Events Manager Noelle Fletcher, the panel presented three case studies demonstrating how small museums can make huge strides to benefit their communities through partnerships, creativity, and building public trust. In a packed room, they spoke and answered questions about their experiences with their respective museums and how they’ve met modern challenges of smaller budgets, constrained spaces, and limited staff head-on with solutions rooted in the strength their institutions already possessed. It was a fantastic talk and a joy to get to partner with two amazing museum professionals to discuss what makes our organizations so special. It was also wonderful to meet other museum staff, hear that the talk resonated with them, and to know that as hard a year as it's been for most museums, no one is ever alone in their struggles and successes, and there are so many excellent professionals working to create welcoming, safe, educational, fun spaces for everyone in their community. We'd like to say a huge thanks to CAM for the opportunity and to Melissa and Felicia for being such insightful and wonderful co-panelists! 📸 by @mostlyharmlessphotos #ThankYou #Conference #Panel #CaseStudy #SmallMuseums #BigImpact #PGMuseum