Professional Associations

The Department of Museum Studies and the Mayborn Museum take a large number of students and staff members to the annual meeting of the Texas Association of Museum. The department faculty includes two past presidents of TAM. Each year an outstanding student is selected to give a presentation on their thesis or project at the annual meeting. In addition our students have successfully proposed their own sessions.

Some students have attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums (AAM) and also the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The department chair has served on the board of AAM's Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT) for twelve years and chaired the committee for four. Baylor graduates have proposed and chaired a session at AAM, and one of our students presented at the ICOM meeting in Shanghai, China.

Department faculty members also have associations with related professional organizations, including:

Academy of Certified Archivists
American Alliance of Museums
American Association for State and Local History
American Historical Association
Association of Children's Museums
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Museum Association of Waco
Museum Education Roundtable
National Art Education Association
National Council on Public History
National Trust for Historic Preservation
New England Museum Association
Organization of American Historians
Society of Architectural Historians
Society of Southwestern Archivists
Texas Association of Museums
Texas State Historical Association
Vernacular Architecture Forum