ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART PROGRAMMING AND THE NEW SITE
The Albany Museum of Art has resumed in-person programs and events. Now, AMA officials are looking for a “new normal” while keeping the museum’s move downtown on track. "THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING BUT ALSO REMARKABLE TIME," SAID AMA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANDREW JAMES WULF. "I DO NOT THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE INTERRUPTION THAT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAD ON BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY. “It forced us to find innovative ways to bring the museum to the community after we closed to the public on March 18.” It was a challenge that greeted Wulf and his staff just six months into his tenure as executive director. Before coming to Albany last October, Wulf was executive director at the New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, in Santa Fe, N.M., from 2015-2019. Before that, he was supervisory museum curator for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, a division of the U.S. National Archives, from 2010-2015.
ALBANY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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