2015 – Page 9 – American Alliance of Museums

Beyond the Label: Strategies for effective interactive media

By American Alliance of Museums

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2015 edition of Museum magazine. Creating digital interactive experiences in museums can be costly and time-consuming. Given the financial and human resources required to create …
The Museum of 20??

By Elizabeth Merritt

One great thing about having a growing circle of future-oriented peeps is that we swap and share opportunities to engage in future-think. This past spring I had to turn down an invitation to join a fabulous group of people to discuss my …
Monday Musing: Museums and “the Flag”

By Elizabeth Merritt

I’ve been following the chorus calling for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from…well, everywhere. The Alabama and South Carolina Capitols, the physical shelves of Walmart and the virtual shelves of Amazon and eBay, even games in …
Futurist Friday: The Flood Next Time

By Elizabeth Merritt

Bjarke Ingels BIG architects in Copenhagen, won a federal competition to design storm protection for New York City. In this article he speaks about how his work in geoengineering is inspired by science fiction–specifically Kim …
Meet Emma, the Docent Dog

By Elizabeth Merritt

I’m having a great time following the many and various discussions on Museum Junction—the Alliance’s conversation forum for members and non-members alike. One recent thread explored service dogs in museums—their role, the regulations that …
Handy Bionics

By Elizabeth Merritt

#robotics #prosthetics #disability Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s Pintere…
Tapping into TransAtlantic Research on Diversity & Inequality

By Elizabeth Merritt

In a couple of weeks I’ll be in London, representing the Alliance at the “Diversity, (In)equality and Differences” workshop organized by the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities. Around twenty researchers and scholars …
Futurist Friday: De-extinction. Conservation’s Fallback Plan?

By Elizabeth Merritt

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” –William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun If some scientists and visionaries have their way, Faulkner’s pronouncement may …
The American Alliance of Museums announces Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2-4, 2015

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2015 AAM presents a three-day program hosted in partnership with Fundación TyPA – Teoría y Práctica de las Artes Washington, DC—The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) announces Reimagining the Museums: …
On the hard work of building the future

By Elizabeth Merritt

Currently I’m watching the birth of two movements in our field. #MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and #MuseumWorkersSpeak are both grappling with issues of what museums can do, should do, and should be expected to do in response to issues of …