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Interested in International Museum Partnerships? Download the Museums Connect Evaluation Report

Download your free copy of the Museums Connect Evaluation Findings. In 2017, the Alliance received funding from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural …
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Facing Change: A New Report from the American Alliance of Museums’ Working Group on DEAI

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By Nicole Ivy
Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
As director of inclusion at AAM, I help shape the Alliance’s strategic direction in our diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) focus area. I am responsible for leading our …

Meeting Teachers Where They Are

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By Meg Davis
Education & Interpretation
As an elementary school teacher in New York City, I LOVED field trips. In my final year of teaching, I was lucky enough to find a school that not only encouraged them but purposely made …

IRIS+ Part One: Designing + Coding a Museum AI

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By Daniel Morena
Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Museu do Amanhã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of a very small cadre of museums experimenting with chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI). (Well, that seems appropriate. They …

What It Takes to Engage Teachers with Digital Museum Resources: Five Lessons Learned

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By Michelle Knovic Smith
Education & Interpretation
Wherever you are on the journey to digitize museum collections, there are questions to address regarding who will use these millions of digital assets, and how. Teachers and their students …

Futurist Friday: Sustainable Civilization

By Elizabeth Merritt
Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Astrophysicist Adam Frank, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester, is part of a group of researchers who are looking at climate change from an …

Speak Up for Museums: Urge Congress to Support the Office of Museum Services

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By American Alliance of Museums
Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – June 7, 2018 Speak Up for Museums: Urge Congress to Support the Office of Museum Services Following the Alliance’s recent live testimony on Capitol Hill, the …

Grant Opportunity: Museums & Creative Aging

By Elizabeth Merritt
Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Aroha Philanthropies has just released a call for proposals to museums interested in participating in its new Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums initiative. The Alliance is collaborating with …

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Editor's Picks

How a Wave of Honest History Museums Is Changing Black Tourism

By Ashton Lattimore, Slate
Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
On a walking tour of the New Orleans Garden District, my husband and I exchanged meaningful glances after the fourth or fifth time our guide delicately referred to the slaves who once …

Can Art Help People Feel The Devastation Of Climate Change?

By Amy Brady, Pacific Standard
Environmental Sustainability
In early 2018, a small gallery at the Parsons School of Design in Lower Manhattan glowed with a bluish-green light. It emanated from an art installation by Peggy Weil titled 88 Cores, which …

3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?

By Laura Sydell, NPR.org
Collections Stewardship
War, natural disasters and climate change are destroying some of the world's most precious cultural sites. Google is trying to help preserve these archaeological wonders by allowing users …

‘It Is an Unusual and Radical Act’: Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

By Julia Halperin, artnet News
Collections Stewardship
Lots of museum leaders talk about wanting to diversify their collections. Christopher Bedford, the director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, is actually doing it-though not everyone may …

Futurist Friday: a World Without Books

By Elizabeth Merritt
Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Nothing cheers me up like a bit of distopic future fiction, so to brighten your Friday I share “The Inksect,” by Mexican filmmaker Pablo Calvillo. This short (9 min) animation …

Is “Tax-exempt” Becoming a Dirty Word?

By Elizabeth Merritt
Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Slate magazine recently launched “Slate 90,” a critical look at tax-exempt organizations as represented by the 10 largest nonprofits in nine nonprofit sectors. Museums on Slate’s target …

Aroha Philanthropies Announces National Initiative in Collaboration with the American Alliance of Museums and Lifetime Arts

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By American Alliance of Museums
Press Release
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Aroha Philanthropies, the American Alliance of Museums, and Lifetime Arts announced today that they will collaborate to launch Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums, a …

Historic Naval Ships Association Joins Forces with Other Museum Groups

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By American Alliance of Museums
Press Release
May 29, 2018 Historic Naval Ships Association Joins Forces with Other Museum Groups Arlington, VA –The Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) has become a member of the Council of …

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Featured Professional Network: Education (EdCom)

The American Alliance of Museums’ Education Professional Network (EdCom) advances the purpose of museums as places of lifelong learning, serves as an advocate for diverse audiences and educators, and promotes professional standards …

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Leadership of this professional network

Tony Pennay - Chair, EdCom
  • Chief Learning Officer
  • Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, Simi Valley, CA
Sheri Levinsky-Raskin - Chair-Elect, EdCom
  • Assistant Vice President, Research & Evaluation
  • The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY

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EdComversations 2.0

By Tony Pennay, Sheri Levinsky-Raskin, and Rebekah Harding
Education & Interpretation

American Alliance of Museums Recognizes Excellence in Museum Educators and Programs

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By American Alliance of Museums
Press Release

Watch an overview of the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening

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By Sage Morgan Hubbard
Education & Interpretation
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Spotlight: Three Must-Reads on Museums and Education

So many museums are experimenting with new approaches to expand their role in education and learning through new partnerships, creative outreach strategies, and innovative programs. Here are three articles that share new ideas and models that will help you enhance your museum's educational programming and better serve your community.

Top Ten Takeaways from the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening

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By Sage Morgan Hubbard

Inviting Children In: Valuing The Youngest Museum Visitors

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By By Multiple Authors

My Primary School is at the Museum – Squaring the Circle

By Wendy James