Conference Archive
2024
Washington, DC & Baltimore, MD
In partnership with A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy, the CAJM 2024 conference activated new thinking across museums to elevate their civic engagement.
2022
New York City
Set in museums across New York City, including the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the New-York Historical Society & future home of the American LGBTQ+ Museum, the Jewish Museum, and diverse field trip venues, this year’s conference featured new insights, approaches, and voices from across many different culturally specific museums. Produced in partnership with the Association of African American Museums.
2021
Online
CAJM was honored to present its first online, global conference for Jewish museum professionals – developed in partnership with the Association of European Jewish Museums.
2020
Dallas, TX
The Council of American Jewish Museums convened its annual conference in Dallas, Texas from Feb 22-25, 2020 on the theme of “Museums 2020: Essential Conversations.” The conference identified and explored some of the most vital, difficult, and essential conversations for our museums to have throughout 2020.
2019
Los Angeles, CA
The conference theme recognized the many purposes served by our member museums, which are centers for memory, knowledge, and discourse, as well as sites of inspiration, gathering, and creativity; and the inherent challenges they face: living up to complex responsibilities while delivering rich content and activating inventive, engaging approaches.
2018
Washington, DC
The 2018 CAJM conference brought us to Washington, DC—the nation's capital and home to museums that explore national narratives from different vantage points. Our program engaged colleagues in conversations about our institutions' responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities, as well as ways to empower audiences through our work. The vast museum resources of DC made this a rich and meaningful conference.
2017
Boston and Amherst, MA
We presented our 2017 conference, "Transcending Boundaries: Redefining the Museum Experience," in two locations—Boston and Amherst, Massachusetts. In these areas so rich with history, culture, and institutions of higher learning, we saw a range of organizations and projects that shed light on our profession. Museum specialists, scholars, and thought leaders discussed the ways in which our work overlaps and inspired new interpretations and presentations of Jewish culture.