Welcome

The Florida Association of Museum Students (FAMS) was created to serve, connect, and engage students in the Florida Museum. Founded by a museum PhD student, Adania Flemming, in spring 2019, our association formed to give students who have a passion for natural history collections a place to both connect with one another and develop skills, knowledge, and participate in opportunities afforded by proximity and access to an on-campus natural history museum. The association was officially launched in spring 2020, with a mission to ensure museum students are able to capitalize on all opportunities provided by the Florida Museum, both in their program of studies and throughout their post-graduation careers. To actualize our mission FMSA aims to work with the faculty to establish a transparent governance system in the department of natural history to give agency to student members in the museum.