2017 – Page 21 – American Alliance of Museums

Honoring Curiosity

By Elizabeth Merritt

Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent at the Field Museum of Natural History, has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. As a long-time fan of Emily’s YouTube series The Brain …
Finding Time for Professional Development – It’s Worth It!

By Allison Titman

Working at a small museum can be challenging – there are never enough hours in the day or resources in the budget to implement all of the exciting ideas the dedicated staff and volunteers come up with. Another thing there is often little …
Emily Graslie of The Field Museum Honored With 2017 Nancy Hanks Award

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2017 ARLINGTON, VA–Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent for The Field Museum in Chicago, is the recipient of the 2017 Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional Excellence, honoring a museum …
Facilitating ‘Tough’ Conversations: A Case Study from the Evansville Museum

By Karen Malone & the Community Relations Committee

Karen Malone is the The Ruby C. Strickland Curator of Education at the Evansville Museum. You can reach out to her at karen@emuseum.org or follow her on Instagram @TheMuseumKaren. Make sure to ask her about the on-going adventures of the …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 4/7/2017

By Liz Neely

This week’s Roundup shares stories about Native American art at the Met, data visualization, Olafur Eliasson and happiness. 1. The museum field in the United States is experiencing a welcomed re-examination of the display and …
Futurist Friday: AI Takes Joy in Painting

By Elizabeth Merritt

What happens when artificial intelligence takes a deep look at art-teacher-cum-t.v.-star Bob Ross? Alexander Reben decided to find out, applying machine learning algorithms to video and audio tracks of Ross’s shows. The result is the …
“Go Explore” Excursions Highlight St. Louis Museums, Neighborhoods and Food!

By Local Host Committee

From the nationally-renowned St. Louis Zoo, Laumeier Sculpture Park and St. Louis Art Museum to hidden gems like the World Chess Hall of Fame, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art and Field House Museum, “Go Explore St. Louis,” taking …
Becoming a Data Startup – Part 2

By Robert Stein

It’s time again for our next installment of Becoming a Data Startup! For those of you who read along in our last post, you learned some simple tips and tricks for formatting your data that I promised would make things easier for analysis …
Diverse Lineup of Speakers to Bring Equity and Inclusion Message to Museum Pro’s in St. Louis

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2017 ARLINGTON, VA–Several renowned leaders in the fight for social justice, inclusion and accessibility have been named as featured speakers at American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2017 Annual Meeting & …
Tweeting about the Future

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hello future peeps. I’m enormously encouraged by the reception for TrendsWatch 2017. People have been sending me links to great articles related to this year’s topics (empathy, criminal justice reform, artificial intelligence, migration …