Museum Of Latin American Art to Celebrate International Museum Day With Free Admission, May 18

The American Alliance of Museums Also Re-Accredited MOLAA For Another 10 Years.

LONG BEACH —  The Museum of Latin American Art or MOLAA, the country’s pioneer in exhibiting Latin American art, will celebrate International Museum Day May 18, and the museum’s recent re-accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums with free admittance for the public during its regular operating hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

International Museum Day is an international event spearheaded by the International Council of Museums or ICOM, and this year’s theme is The Power of Museums. Since 1977, ICOM has organized International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community. According to ICOM, the objective of International Museum Day or IMD is to raise awareness that “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.”

More and more museums participate in International Museum Day all around the world. Last year, more than 37,000 museums participated in the event in about 158 countries and territories. More information on this special day is here: https://icom.museum/en/our-actions/events/international-museum-day/.

MOLAA was also recently awarded the highest honor a museum can receive—re-accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums or AMA, which covers 10 years. Developed and sustained by museum professionals for nearly 45 years, AAM’s museum accreditation program is the field’s primary vehicle for quality assurance, self-regulation, and public accountability. More on this here: https://www.aam-us.org/2022/03/15/aam-announces-latest-accreditation-awards-12-museums-receive-this-high-honor/

AAM accreditation brings national recognition to a museum for its commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards, and continued institutional improvement. It also strengthens the museum profession by promoting practices that enable leaders to make informed decisions, allocate resources wisely and remain financially and ethically accountable to provide the best possible service to the public.

On this day, MOLAA will also launch its online crowdfunding campaign (The Power of Giving) hosted through GiveButter with a target goal of $50,000 (https://givebutter.com/). This campaign aims to sustain the popular “MOLAA Free Sundays” program. Pre pandemic,  attendees for MOLAA Sundays averaged 400 to 450; when MOLAA has regular programming, including festivals during MOLAA Free Sundays, attendees can fluctuate between 4,000 – 6,000 people.