ABOUT IDAHO ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
The IAM is a private, non-profit organization and the only state-wide grassroots group devoted to serving Idaho museums. Established in the late 1970s, the IAM is a volunteer organization funded by membership and conferences fees, and since 1990, interest from a small endowment from the Idaho Centennial Commission.
Despite its meager budget, the IAM has an excellent record of accomplishments. It publishes a newsletter three times a year, holds annual conferences, and through grants has offered statewide workshops on conservation, volunteer programs, traveling exhibits, and educational programs. The IAM's most visible and widely distributed project is the brochure, Discover Idaho's Museums, which is funded by the Idaho Travel Council.
As an advocate for Idaho museums over the past years the IAM successfully lobbied the Idaho Legislature to pass a law allowing tax credits for donations to museums, and later convinced the legislature to approve a bill to exempt Idaho museums from paying sales taxes on purchases and admissions income.
The Idaho Association of Museums represents 70 member institutions that span almost as many topics of interest. The IAM Board represents all regions of the state and a cross-section of the diversity of its members.
Our Board Members
Carrie Anderson Athay
Museum of Idaho
Southeastern Region Representative
Amber Beierle
Old Idaho Penitentiary
Southwestern Region Representative
Amanda Bielmann
IAM Secretary
Basque Museum and Cultural Center
Southwestern Region Representative
Tammy Copelan
Wallace District Mining Museum
IAM Treasurer
Northern Region Representative
Angie Conrow
Researcher/Editor/Strategist
Northern Region Representative
Katelyn Foley
Sun Valley Center for the Arts
IAM President
Southwestern Region Representative
Dulce Kersting-Lark
Latah County Historical Society
Northern Region Representative
Cameron Murray
IAM Vice President
Bonner County Historical Museum
Northern Region Representative
Nicole Potter
Regional History Museum Librarian
Southwestern Region Representative
Eliza Schulz
Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology
Southwestern Region Representative
Alisha Tietjen
Museum of Rexburg
Southeastern Region Representative
Michelle Wallace
High Desert Curation
Southwestern Region Representative