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Collection Data: Technology to Improve Access and Retention
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Museum magazine. How the Indianapolis Museum of Art implemented digital asset management and document management systems. As the stalwart guardians of collection data … -
The Power of Global Partnerships: The Value of Dialogue and Understanding Different Cultures
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Museum magazine. It is difficult to imagine two partner museums with more different historical and cultural milieus than the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul … -
Museums and the Matrix of Place-Based Augmented Devices
This article is an excerpt from TrendsWatch 2016 (which originally ran in the September/October 2017 issue of Museum magazine). Published by AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums, this annual report explores five trends of … -
Access For All: How three museums pushed the boundaries of accessibility to connect with wider audiences.
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Museum magazine. For more than 25 years, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a watershed piece of civil rights legislation, has helped various public … -
American Alliance of Museums Shares Resources, Calls for the Field to Support Museums Ravaged by Hurricane Harvey
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 ARLINGTON, VA ─ Laura Lott, President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums, the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, issued the following statement today: Our … -
No Walls, New Ways: Giving up the Building to Connect and Create
Hi, Nicole here! When the Floating Museum project came across our scanning feeds, Elizabeth Merritt and I were both excited by the concept. We wanted to know more about the project and how it re-imagines where museums can do their work. … -
3 Questions with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
Recently, we heard from Dr. Adam Long, Director of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, and Ann Burroughs, President and CEO, of the Japanese American National Museum about their experiences in Accreditation. Today, we … -
The Question of Gender: The “Unseen” Problem in Museum Workplaces
Joan Baldwin is Curator of Special Collections at The Hotchkiss School. Why is it important? Because for too long women–and more recently those openly identifying as women–have experienced both hostile and benevolent sexism in the museum … -
Gabriela’s Bridge: Connecting Connecticut and Amazonian Brazil
William E. Jeffries, III is the director of strategic initiatives at Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Connecticut. The media has been permeated recently with stories that suggest an increase in physical and social barriers … -
3 Questions with the Japanese American National Museum
Recently we heard from Dr. Adam Long, Director of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center about their experience in Accreditation. Today, we hear from Ann Burroughs, President and CEO, of the Japanese American National Museum. …
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