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American Alliance of Museums Honors Dr. Johnnetta Cole with 2017 Award for Distinguished Service to Museums
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2017 Arlington, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, announced today that Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole is the recipient … -
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 4/21/2017
Happy Earth Day! This week’s Roundup shares stories about conflict resolution, conference museum going, the Science March, Native American art and Antoni Gaudí. 1. I caught up with a lot of inspiring colleagues at the Museums and the Web … -
TrendsWatch: Now Live On the Web
Each year there’s a fleeting instant when I’m more or less happy with TrendsWatch—the moment I hit “send” to transmit the text to my editor. Then I open my news feed and see a great story related to one of TrendsWatch themes and IT’S TOO … -
Failing Forward: Prototyping, Mistakes, and What We Learned
Our next annual meeting preview comes from Linda Norris, Danielle Steinmann, and Maura Hallisey. At their session “Failing Forward” (11:15 am on Wednesday, May 10) they will share stories about rapid prototyping from the perspective of two … -
Digital birds perch at Yale’s Peabody Museum
Mike Cummings is a communications officer at Yale University. He previously worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Mississippi and Connecticut. This article was originally published on YaleNews, April 7, 2017. Republished with … -
Effective Altruism
Today’s post by Susie Wilkening is the first in a series profiling sessions I picked for CFM’s annual “Guide to the Future at the Annual Meeting.” I hope these previews help you plan your schedule in St. Louis. Susie will be moderating the … -
Monday Musing: Impact Investing
Usually when I attend a conference, I hope to come away with a few good thoughts, maybe a lead on a person or resource I can look up afterwards. Rarely does a conference change the way I see the world. I attended SxSW last month and one … -
A Museum-School Partnership: Why It’s Important & How It Works
Ellen Balkin is the Education Manager and Suzanna Ritz is the Curriculum Coordinator for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. By all accounts, the educational landscape of New Orleans has changed dramatically since Hurricane Katrina. The city … -
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 4/14/2017
This week’s Roundup shares stories about innovation, failure, and sharing (oh and 3D printing!) 1. “Failure is necessary for innovation,” explains Samuel West, founder of Sweden’s new Museum of Failure. The museum … -
Record Support in the House of Representatives for Museum Funding
In any normal year, spring can be a very busy time in Congress as advocates for nearly every federal program make their case to legislators. In case you haven’t heard, this is not a normal year. The tension, the uncertainty, and the stakes …
Year: 2017
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