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NYCMER Queer Peers Group Meeting

Jun 18, 2025 6:00PM—7:30PM

Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, 2nd Floor Seminar Room, New York, New York 10011

Peer Group Picnic

Jun 22, 2025 3:00PM—5:00PM

Prospect Park

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Since 1979, NYCMER has provided a forum for museum education professionals to address issues of museum and educational interest, exchange and disseminate relevant information, and to explore and implement cooperative programming opportunities through roundtable discussions, workshops, and an annual conference.

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A Statement from the NYCMER Board

May 13, 2025

Dear NYCMER Community, On behalf of the NYCMER Board, we want to acknowledge that many of us are grappling with the deep and lasting consequences of the recent actions imposed by the Trump Administration.On March 14th, President Trump issued an executive order directing further cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, endangering funding for…

NYCMER’s Statement on the Presidential Election

November 14, 2020

The New York City Museum Educators Roundtable supports workers at museums and cultural institutions across the tri-state area. Over the last eight months, NYCMER members and our industry colleagues have been severely impacted by layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts, hour reductions, institutions closing, and more. While museums and cultural institutions struggle to survive, both locally and…

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Member Spotlight

Alexa Fairchild

Local Program Director Turnaround Arts: New York City I direct Turnaround Arts: New York City, a program run by The Kennedy Center that transforms priority schools through the strategic use of the arts. For ten years, I ran school programs at the Brooklyn Museum, leading a talented team of educators and hosting kids and teachers…