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Free Copies of TrendsWatch at AAM2018
This year the Alliance Resource Center will feature an installation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Center for the Future of Museums. In addition to an installation reviewing our decade of museum futuring, we will be giving away … -
Meet the #AAM2018 Social Media Journalists
We’re excited to introduce our #AAM2018 Social Media Journalists, selected from a national pool of applicants who are passionate about museums, education, and social media. We were truly impressed by the amazing contribution each of the … -
American Alliance of Museums Honors Joanne Jones-Rizzi with 2018 Award for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today honored Joanne Jones-Rizzi, Vice President of STEM Equity and Education, … -
Museopunks Episode 26: Decolonize the Museum!
The vision of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, describes how the museum “will reflect and realize the values of decolonization in all of its practices, working with the Wabanaki Nations to share their stories, history, and culture … -
The World Doesn’t Need Another Website
And so begins perhaps the world’s worst headline for launching a website. But let’s get real, the last thing this world needs is just another website. Recent data shows that the Internet is made up of some 1.8 billion websites and Google … -
Chat with AndyBot at AAM 2018
In today’s guest post, Regina McDonald Russian, Digital Accessibility & UX Specialist, and Caroline Record, Creative Technologist at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Innovation Studio, primes you to visit the demonstration the Studio … -
American Alliance of Museums Honors Hallie Winter with 2018 Nancy Hanks Award
For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, announced today that Hallie Winter, curator at the Osage Nation Museum (ONM) … -
Futurist Friday: Chatting about Art with IBM Watson
Museum chatbots are a bit of an obsession of mine right now, as is artificial intelligence, so finding a project that combines these two technologies made my week. This story in AdWeek reports that IBM Watson (the program that famously … -
Statement on Supreme Judicial Court Ruling in Berkshire Museum Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARLINGTON, VA ─ The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, believes firmly that the sale of works from a museum’s collections to fund … -
Are Museums the Rightful Home for Confederate Monuments?
In a chapter titled “Capture the Flag: the struggle over representation and identity,” CFM’s TrendsWatch 2016 explored the growing pressure for museums to play a role in the detoxification of various symbols of oppression.” The …
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