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Why Museum Store Sunday Matters and What’s New for This Year
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Alliance Blog
Enter through the museum store! Much more than a gift shop, the museum store has become a major earned revenue stream for parent institutions as they continue to recover post-pandemic. And …
Lessons in Co-Locating: A Q&A with the Denver Public Library and Denver Zine Library
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Alliance Blog
While attending this year’s AAM Annual Meeting in Denver, I stopped by Denver Public Library’s Bob Ragland Branch to visit another, smaller library located within this branch: the Denver …
A Journey of Healing: Creating Co-Stewardship with Tribal Communities
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
What’s in a name? The language we use tells us who is speaking, from what perspective, and (implicitly), who controls the narrative. Names, in short, have power. Today on the blog, Caitlin …
The Art of Restitution at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Museum Magazine
At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), our collections policy—the document that dictates how we handle all collection-related matters—states that we will not collect anything known to …
The Future of the Museum Store
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This post was originally published in 2014 and is republished with updates. Read more about how to get involved in Museum Store Sunday taking place November 26, 2023! I had the pleasure of …
Earth Works: Establishing a Green Team at Your Museum
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Alliance Blog
“People don’t have to do heroic things. Very few of us can do heroic things. But we can do little things. And at certain points in history, millions of those little things accumulate and …
Using an Annual DEAI Report as a Tool for Transparency, Accountability, and Change
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Alliance Blog
At science museums, we spend considerable time and effort instilling the notion in our visitors that mistakes are not something to shy away from, but opportunities for learning and growth. …
Bring Great American Art to Your Museum with Art Bridges Foundation
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Industry Advertorial
With a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations, Art Bridges provides financial and strategic support for traveling exhibitions, loans from the Art Bridges Collection …
