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The Power of a Paid Internship: Creating pathways to careers in museums
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Labor
In 2015, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued a report on diversity in art museums that reinforced what is obvious to anyone working in or affiliated with the industry: non-Hispanic white …
The Spaceship Solution: How museums can use experimental technology to solve problems
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Technology
Picture this: children and adults alike standing on the grounds of a museum on an early winter morning, sipping hot cocoa. Their eyes reach upward as they watch a three-foot spaceman …
The Committee on Museum Professional Training (CoMPT) becomes the new Museum Studies Network
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News
Forty-five years ago, Secretariat won the Triple Crown. Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a legendary tennis match. John Dean testified on the Watergate scandal before the U.S. …
Double Duty: How a historic botanical garden reached a balance in managing its plant and art collections
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Collections Stewardship
All museums face many challenges maintaining and displaying their collections. But these challenges are exacerbated when collections of vastly different needs and care protocols share the …
A conversation with Dr. Tonya Matthews, AAM’s interim director of inclusion
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Dr. Tonya Matthews is a national thought-leader in museum engagement, free-choice learning, and equity and inclusion in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). As interim …
Stone Soup
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
We’ve reached another milestone in the celebration of the Center for the Future of Museum’s first decade of work: the 10th anniversary of the CFM Blog. I think that the first …
Museums are Better Because of AAM
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News
Museum professionals from across the globe share personal stories about how AAM plays a vital role in their careers and for their institutions. Transcript Laura Lott: The mission of the …
A New Way to See: Looking at museums through the eyes of the blind
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Accessibility
Let’s talk about accessibility. In the twenty-first century era of inclusivity, museums are working towards making the visitor experience a more positive and unique one, as part of efforts …
