2016 – Page 3 – American Alliance of Museums

Every child is an artist

By Derrick Cameron

“Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist” — Pablo Picasso According to a study by the College Board in 2012, required arts instruction in K-12 schools often comes to an end in middle school – the exact moment when …
Two Alliance Staff Are Among Seven Promising Museum Professionals Tapped for Nonprofit Leadership Program

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2016 ARLINGTON, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) announced today that two of its staff members and five other emerging museum professionals will take part in the American Express Leadership …
The Alliance Announces One Newly Accredited Museum and Seven Museums Re-Accredited

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2016 ARLINGTON, VA–The American Alliance of Museums has announced that one museum was newly accredited and seven museums earned re-accreditation at the October 13-14, 2016 meeting of the Accreditation …
Crafting courageous truths: The creation and philosophy of MASS Action: Museum As Site for Social Action

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today, Porchia Moore, Aletheia Wittman, Elisabeth Callihan, nikhil trivedi, Janeen Bryant, and Sage Morgan-Hubbard share thoughts on the recent MASS Action convening. Here they outline the vision for the three-year project and describe the …
Healing the Partisan Divide

By Elizabeth Merritt

I want to share some thoughts, post-election, about diversity, inclusion and healing. But maybe not the thoughts you expect. As I listen to museum colleagues talking about the election, I hear over and over again phrases like “I was …
Worldwide applause for museums and their role in addressing climate change!

By Elizabeth Merritt

I often rely on far-flung correspondents to cover events Alliance staff can’t attend. On learning that Sarah Sutton, former chair of the Alliance’s Green Professional Network, and principal of Sustainable Museums, recently relocated to …
Tips for Museum Educators to become Exhibition Design Facilitators

By Karen Malone

As a museum educator, do you ever feel forgotten? Feel as though your expertise was relegated to the tail-end of exhibition planning? Do you wish museum education played a larger leadership role at your institution? In this blog post, I …
Native Eyes: Honoring the Power of Museum and Community Partnership

By By Multiple Authors

Excerpted from Vol. 3, “Intersections: Folklore and Museum Education,” Journal of Folklore and Education Museums can be a catalyst for communities to come together to design something authentic. When museums acknowledge the expertise of …
Electing to value education within museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

In today’s post, Sage Morgan-Hubbard, the Alliance’s Ford. W. Bell Fellow for Museums & P-12 Education, announces the relaunch of our education web site, and the launch of a new blog dedicated to to exploring the future …
Building Cultural Empathy

By Dr. Jay Xu

Dr. Jay Xu is Director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. As a passionate champion of Asian art and culture, Dr. Xu is committed to sharing his extensive knowledge of Asian art …