Federación Española de Amigos de los Museos

The Federación Española de Amigos de los Museos (FEAM) is a Spanish non-profit organization created in 1983 to unite and represent the country's museum friends associations, foundations and programmes. Its principal promoters were members of the Asociación de Amigos de los Museos de Cataluña and the Fundación de Amigos del Museo del Prado, who saw the need for a national federation that would bring together associations with the same purpose and represent them within the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM). FEAM has been a full member of the WFFM since its foundation; the WFFM groups friends federations from 28 countries with more than two million members. FEAM describes itself as a non-profit association working to strengthen museum friends associations, foundations and programmes in Spain. It represents around one hundred institutions with more than 70,000 individual friends of museums. Its stated functions include acting as ambassador for the friends movement before public administrations and other sectors of society, raising awareness of the contribution of friends to the conservation of and access to heritage, promoting greater recognition and support for friends associations, encouraging the creation of new associations and advising on their constitution and management, facilitating relations and collaboration among member entities, disseminating their initiatives, and organizing forums for training and the exchange of experience. FEAM is governed by Spain's Ley Orgánica 1/2002 regulating the right of association and by its own statutes, and it follows the Código Ético Deontológico de Oaxaca (Mexico). It is declared of public utility and was awarded the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes in 2014. Its headquarters are at Avda. Reyes Católicos 6, 28040 Madrid. It publishes a magazine, Amigos de Museos, maintains a newsletter, and organizes national congresses and other events for its member associations.

The Federación Española de Amigos de los Museos (FEAM) was created in 1983. Its main promoters were members of the Asociación de Amigos de los Museos de Cataluña and the Fundación de Amigos del Museo del Prado, who identified the need to establish a national federation that would bring together all associations pursuing the same goal and represent them within the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM). From its foundation, FEAM has been a full member of the WFFM, an institution that encompasses friends federations from 28 countries with more than two million members. Over more than four decades, FEAM has developed into a non-profit association declared of public utility and awarded the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes in 2014. It represents around one hundred member institutions with more than 70,000 individual friends of museums. Its work is guided by statutes and by the Código Ético Deontológico de Oaxaca (Mexico), and it operates under Spain's Ley Orgánica 1/2002 regulating the right of association. FEAM's objectives include promoting initiatives arising in society linked to museums and cultural heritage; integrating and supporting member associations; representing the museum friends sector before public and private bodies at national and international level; stimulating the creation and development of new associations; acting as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience; promoting research in the museum environment; encouraging public participation in cultural life; raising awareness of heritage; creating an international network of collaboration; and promoting quality cultural tourism respectful of heritage. It also organizes national congresses and publishes the magazine Amigos de Museos.

• 2026

  National congress scheduled in Oviedo; another congress announced for Cuenca on 24–26 April.

• 2014

  FEAM is awarded the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.

• 1983

  FEAM is created by promoters from the Asociación de Amigos de los Museos de Cataluña and the Fundación de Amigos del Museo del Prado.

• 1983

  FEAM becomes a full member of the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM) from its foundation.

A non-profit, public-utility federation that acts as the national umbrella and voice for Spain's museum friends associations, foundations and programmes.

• Federation membership and representation

• Advisory services for museum friends associations

• Training and exchange forums

• Amigos de Museos magazine

• Newsletter

• National congresses and events

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