American Alliance of Museums

Museopunks Episode 30: Truth and Reconciliation in Museums

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

How can museums participate in transitional justice, which seeks to address massive human rights violations? In this episode, Suse is joined by Omar Eaton-Martínez and Dr. Karine Duhamel …

Attack of the 100-Year Old Startup

Brendan Ciecko

Mission & Institutional Planning

At first glance, museums and startups may not seem to have an overwhelming amount in common. The majority of museums are not-for-profit, mission-driven institutions and operate in a …

Leading By Example, Not by Mandate

Laura Lott

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

Champion museums and nurture excellence in partnership with our members and allies. This is the Alliance’s mission statement and a call to action that is driving results across the museum …

Exploring the Explosion of Museum AI

Elizabeth Merritt

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

Here are five good reasons you should join me in Miami Nov 1-2 to explore how museums can use artificial intelligence to fuel their work (illustrated by recent news): AI can help users in …

Gone Digital: Creating Space-Saving Museum Exhibitions

Kyle Mathers

Exhibitions

Most museums, large and small, have space issues, but the problem can be much more acute for local history museums. Developing creative, space-conscious methods for mounting exhibitions and …

The Citizenship Project

Samantha Rijkers

Education & Interpretation

It is shortly after 6 pm on a rainy summer evening in New York City. Ten adults are gathering in a classroom at the New-York Historical Society, carrying umbrellas, notebooks, and pocket …

A discussion with Franny Award winning designer, Brad Bartlett

Dean Phelus

Influence of Museums

We recently had the opportunity to learn more about the design of Unsettled (Nevada Museum of Art), the 2018 Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design, from designer …

The Museum Education Act passes the New York State Legislature

Erika Sanger

Advocacy

Is it done yet? What can I do to help? What happens next? When can we apply for funding? Those are just some of the questions I’ve been getting since the Museum Education Act (MEA) passed …

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Media & Technology Network

The Media & Technology (M&T) Professional Network represents museum professionals and others who use technology to serve the field in a broad array of areas, such as production of media resources for interpretation; defining …

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Tacoma, WA

The Western Museums Association’s (WMA) Annual Meeting is known as a premier venue for those who work in the museum industry to exchange ideas and best practices, network with colleagues, …

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