Association of Manitoba Museums

AMM Role

The AMM is a collective voice for Manitoba's museum community. As a champion for museums, the Association advances the views and concerns of its members to the provincial and federal governments.

Championing Museums

The AMM is in an ideal position to gather information from almost 200 museums and share collective insights with the three levels of government. When financially possible, the Association attends events like Canadian Museums Day, which takes place on Parliament Hill, and the Canadian Museums Association annual conference. This gives the AMM and its members a presence on the national stage. The AMM is looking to strengthen its relationship with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (the other AMM).

How museums benefit society

The Association believes that museums are an important and integral part of society. They are places of learning, and connection to each other, the past, and the future. They are meeting places and places of solitude. They make a positive contribution to a community’s quality of life, economically and otherwise.

Museums Awareness Initiative

The Museums Awareness Initiative of the AMM recognizes what museums do to preserve, present, and promote heritage during the month of May and to celebrate Manitoba Day on May 12 and International Museums Day on May 18. This is accomplished by encouraging member museums to hold or participate in special events in honour of these special dates and by utilizing social media to promote museums and Manitoba Day.

The Association of Manitoba Museums acknowledges that we are on Treaty 1 territory and the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the National Homeland of the Red River Metis

We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.