American Alliance of Museums

#WhyILoveMuseums: See the inspiring responses!

March 13 was #WhyILoveMuseums Day, a social media movement started by Mar Dixon, a consultant who has led monthly hashtags for the cultural field from her @CultureThemes platform for almost …

Introducing TrendsWatch 2019

Elizabeth Merritt

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

The Alliance’s annual forecasting report is now available! The new edition of TrendsWatch explores truth and trust, decolonization, blockchain, homelessness and housing insecurity, and …

Finding Resilience in Challenging Times

Olga Viso

Leadership

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. Click here to learn more about membership! Museums must embrace …

The Mission-Driven Café: When doing the wrong thing is the right thing to do

Larry Bain

Community Engagement & Impact

Ask most museum directors, restaurant consultants, and other knowledgeable folks and they will tell you: “Hire an outside food-service company to run your café.” Well, that makes perfect …

Introducing our Aroha Fellow for Museums & Creative Aging

Bill Tramposch

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

I am pleased to announce that, with support from Aroha Philanthropies, the Alliance is launching an initiative to explore how museums can engage with the rapidly-growing field of creative …

Four Things I Learned When I Started Thinking about Museum Accessibility

Ryan Saglio

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

I first started working with the Disabilities community in 2011. Over the years, I’ve worked with individuals of all ages in their homes, at their jobs, and in their communities. The …

A Place at the Table: Developing diversity and next-generation leaders

Lynn Miller

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

In 2018, the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) in Ohio named Asmaa Walton, a Detroit native with a master’s degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, its first KeyBank Museum Fellow. The …

Museums Should Take Notes from Black Panther and Beyoncé: How to engage visitors in difficult discussions using popular media

Stacey Ingram Kaleh

Building Audiences

These days, when museums make it into popular conversation it’s a cause for celebration in the community. As we face increasing competition for leisure time and new challenges in audience …

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Introducing TrendsWatch 2019

Finding Resilience in Challenging Times

The Mission-Driven Café: When doing the wrong thing is the right thing to do

Introducing our Aroha Fellow for Museums & Creative Aging

Four Things I Learned When I Started Thinking about Museum Accessibility

A Place at the Table: Developing diversity and next-generation leaders

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Editor's Picks

Through the ephemeral, Tenderloin Museum explores neighborhood’s past

New Study Offers Clues to Dominance of Curve-Filled Museum Designs

See Behind the Scenes as the Statue of Liberty’s Original Torch Moves to Its New Home

Writing Fashion History at the Met, One Dress at a Time

What does it mean to decolonize a museum?

Making the Museum Autism Friendly

With New Museums Opening Rapidly, Old Institutions Must Turn Tactical to Compete for Funding

Seven broad statements that may or may not help your museum do a bit better at social media

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Media & Technology Network

Leadership of this professional network

Angie Judge - Chair, Media & Technology

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Creating Engaging Virtual Reality Experiences for Your Museum Collection Might Be Easier Than You Think

Cleveland Museum of Art launches next-generation open access to artworks and data online

Upcoming Events

MTA Spring 2019 Events

Allyship 101

Workshop: Collections Camp: Textiles

PA Museums Annual Conference

Spotlight: Three Must-Reads on Technology

The Spaceship Solution: How museums can use experimental technology to solve problems