2019 – Page 11 – American Alliance of Museums

No Stone Left Unturned: How the Oakland Museum of California is practicing equity and inclusion.

By Lori Fogarty, Kelly McKinley, and Ayanna Reed

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Over the past decade, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) has begun to apply the principles of equity and inclusion …
Trans Inclusion: Shedding light on gender transition and inclusion in the workplace.

By Anna Woten and Alison Kennedy

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Transgender people are a lot more common than you might imagine: recent studies suggest that 1–2 percent of the US …
Searching for Truffles: History Nebraska is using curiosity to grow staff capacity and enrich the museum experience

By Jill Dolbergis

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. History Nebraska’s museum recently reopened following extensive infrastructure renovations. Prior to the renovations, …
Inspiring Success: Why and how The Henry Ford developed its leadership program

By Tim Johnson, Mike Moseley, and Jim VanBochove

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. How do you retain talented staff? How do you develop their skills, talents, and knowledge? How can you get the most from …
Get Out of Town: Travel programs for creative agers

By Bill Tramposch

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain An increasing number of museums are introducing travel options to their members. Such …
Partnering with the Blind to Make Exhibits More Accessible

By Carrie Christoffersen, Anil Lewis, and John Olson

The opportunity to experience photography, art, and other museum exhibits can be life-altering to a blind person. “As a blind person, when I can experience a painting on my own without asking for help, that represents increased freedom, …
Questions and Suggestions from the Blackbaud Self-care Webinar

By Elizabeth Merritt

On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio, to explore self-care in the museum workplace. The presentation, hosted by Blackbaud and building …
Monday Musing: Managed Retreat

By Elizabeth Merritt

Did you know that over a third (34.6 percent) of US museums sit are within 100 kilometers of the coast? A quarter of those are in areas that score very high on the Coastal Vulnerability Index, meaning they face high risk from rising sea …
Welcoming Service Dogs to Your Museum

By Kristi Moore

Service dogs are becoming more common as the years go on, and as museum professionals it can be a challenge to welcome them in among our collections. We worry about hair and dander, physical damage, and health code violations. Most of us …
How the MAP Program Helped the expERIEnce Children’s Museum Move Full Steam Ahead

By Ainslie Brosig

When I became the executive director of the expERIEnce Children’s Museum in 2013, the museum was seeing tremendous growth in attendance and reinventing itself in the community. With these changes afoot, it was important to me and the rest …