2019 – Page 6 – American Alliance of Museums

Sites of Healing: The Michigan State University Museum turned to community co-curation to tell survivors’ stories of sexual violence.

By Mark Auslander and Amanda Thomashow

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Michigan State University (MSU) has been ground zero of the largest crisis of sexual abuse in the history of North …
Fitness Never Looked so Fun

By Alli Stitle and Kimberly Harms

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has worked with the local children’s hospital to create an engaging health and …
Museum Therapy

By Marilyn Lajeunesse and Stephen Legari

For two decades, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has nurtured resilience and renewal through its programs and practices. This article originally appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. …
Speak Up for Museums: Museums Advocacy Day 2020 & Charitable Giving Survey

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – October 31, 2019 Museums Advocacy Day 2020 & Charitable Giving Survey In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Secure Your Spot at Museums Advocacy Day 2020 Charitable Giving Survey – Please Respond by November 30 …
In Which Penny and Frank Wash Up at the Villa

By Elizabeth Merritt

The best part of futuring is inviting other folks to play along. For the fifth entry in my 2008 diary of the future, I recruited my real-life companions to contribute to the plot, and they jumped in with gusto. (Thank you Penny!) We …
Is History Haunted?: Three museums explain their supernatural programs

By Andrea Malcomb, Mark Nardone, and Kristen Sheldon

Around October, the weather gets cold, the days get shorter, and the spine begins to tingle. People start looking for eerie activities to scratch the itch, whether haunted houses, horror movies, or ghost tours. This is an interesting …
(Co)Working in a Museum

By Cindy Foley

In a 2017 post on this blog, Tui Te Hau, the director of the Te Papa museum’s Mahuki innovation accelerator, offered some advice for museums considering starting their own coworking spaces. In today’s post Cindy Foley, Executive Deputy …
Using Your RFP Process to Reduce Third-Party Risk

By Tom Rogers

Creating a well-written request for proposals (“RFP”) takes a lot of time and effort. As tempting as it can be to rush through the RFP writing process, you need to do it carefully to prevent problems down the line. A good RFP (and …
Creative Aging and Social Prescribing

By Bill Tramposch

“You’re doing what?!” This is often the response one gets when they say they are involved in the field of creative aging. I am asked it a lot, from people who want to know what on earth “creative aging” even is. When I begin to describe it …
My Story Part 4: How to Get Trapped in a Tuscan Villa

By Elizabeth Merritt

Ten years ago, when I wrote my fictional diary of 2019, I used the scenario created by the Institute for the Future for the Superstruct forecasting game as a lens through which to reexamine my daily life. On the way to work, I’d …