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Alliance and Sam Noble Museum Make the Case for Museums on Capitol Hill
Advocacy Alert – May 2, 2018 Alliance and Sam Noble Museum Testify Before House Appropriations Subcommittee On Thursday, April 26 Michael A. Mares, PhD, Director, Sam Noble Museum at the University of Oklahoma testified before the … -
Get Prepared: MayDay 2018
Join museums around the country in doing at least one thing in the month of May to prepare for an emergency. MayDay is an annual call to action for cultural organizations to improve their disaster readiness. Need ideas for steps to take? … -
Museums for an Equitable Future
The museum sector often thinks about equity in terms of access to exhibits and educational programs. There is also a robust and growing movement to make museums’ digital assets, including documentation and images of collections, open and … -
Facing Change: A New Report from the American Alliance of Museums’ Working Group on DEAI
As director of inclusion at AAM, I help shape the Alliance’s strategic direction in our diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) focus area. I am responsible for leading our efforts in building sustainable, scalable programs … -
American Alliance of Museums Releases New Report to Guide Museums’ Work on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
For Immediate Release May 1, 2018 ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released a first-of-its-kind report, Facing Change, that sets a … -
A Call To Action: An update on international cultural property protection.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Whether they recognize it or not, museum professionals are engaged in implementing the 1954 Hague Convention in their everyday work. When a museum creates an … -
Safety First: How museums can embrace cyber-security opportunities and risks with open arms.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. In late 2016, the ride-sharing service giant Uber suffered a data breach that potentially exposed the personal information of 57 million Uber users and … -
When You’re Under Fire: A step-by-step guide for creating a comprehensive crisis communications plan.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Museum crises come in all shapes and sizes. There are your standard natural disasters: earthquakes, wildfires, and hurricanes. And then there are the crises … -
When Disaster Strikes: Real-life lessons for emergency planning and response.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. When Paula Williams surveyed the damage from the violent winds that battered Albany, Georgia, one night in January 2017, she was shocked at what she saw. “My … -
My Take Embracing the Personal: Developing a self-care plan is a critical part of disaster training.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. When I first started in the museum field, I remember sitting in a mandatory egress training session to learn how to evacuate students from galleries during an …
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