2018 – Page 6 – American Alliance of Museums

A Roundup of Decolonization News

By Elizabeth Merritt

The popularity of last week’s guest post by Frank Howarth on decolonizing the museum mind prompts me to share a round-up of some of the stories I’ve been collecting on efforts to decolonize museum practice. The following abstracts and …
AAM Spotlight: Wesam Mohamed, Curator at Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt

By American Alliance of Museums

Through support from the Getty Foundation, Wesam Mohamed was able to attend the 2018 AAM Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Hear about her journey as a museum professional and how the experience at the Annual Meeting has shaped her career in …
American Alliance of Museums Empanels Education Task Force

By Joseph Klem

The Alliance has empaneled a task force to examine whether educational philosophies should be articulated as one of the core documents that museums maintain to ensure professional …
Labor Pains at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

By Larry Bain

One might think that a new restaurant chain called “Now Hiring” has opened in urban centers across the nation. Especially in the Bay Area, the blessing of “full employment” has become a curse. I would have liked to start this blog by …
Serving on the Facing Change: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Working Group

By Cecile Shellman

I have always believed that the “alliance” in the American Alliance of Museums’ title is truly descriptive of its aspirational aims: that together we derive strength from the service we render to the museum field. As I consider similarly …
Gone Digital: Creating Space-Saving Museum Exhibitions

By Kyle Mathers

Most museums, large and small, have space issues, but the problem can be much more acute for local history museums. Developing creative, space-conscious methods for mounting exhibitions and displaying artifacts at low costs can be an …
Decolonizing the Museum Mind

By Frank Howarth

At the heart of modern museum work is the tension between our mission to preserve the past, and a moral obligation to confront the bias and inequities entangled with that inheritance. The history, mindset, and material culture of …
Leading By Example, Not by Mandate

By Laura Lott

Champion museums and nurture excellence in partnership with our members and allies. This is the Alliance’s mission statement and a call to action that is driving results across the museum field. There is no Alliance without our members! …
Museopunks Episode 30: Truth and Reconciliation in Museums

By Suse Anderson

How can museums participate in transitional justice, which seeks to address massive human rights violations? In this episode, Suse is joined by Omar Eaton-Martínez and Dr. Karine Duhamel to explore the implications of truth and …
Tell Congress – Cosponsor the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018!

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – October 3, 2018 Reauthorization of IMLS Now Underway in Congress The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is the primary federal agency responsible for helping museums connect people to information and …