Report: Diversity, Advocacy Issues Create Problems for Museum Boards

A new report by the American Alliance of Museums suggests that diversity issues are a significant challenge for museums, particularly in regards to their boards.

The American Alliance of Museums is putting a spotlight on a challenge that the sector is struggling to get a grasp on: the issues of diversity and inclusion.

In its latest Museum Board Leadership report (conducted with the help of BoardSource and Northern Trust), AAM had respondent boards grade their own progress on a variety of issues, with boards as a whole giving themselves a B- overall, roughly on the same level as nonprofits as a whole.

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Ernie Smith, Associations Now