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See the Standout Face Masks Commissioned by Museums

By Joseph O'Neill

One of the main ways museums are starting to look different as they reopen is the ubiquity of face masks. Who would have believed, going into this year, that everyone roaming the galleries and grounds of our cultural institutions would be …
MSN Shelfie #2: Leadership Books for Highs and Lows

By American Alliance of Museums

View a recording of “MSN SHELFIE #2” presented by American Alliance of Museum (AAM)’s Museum Studies Network on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Moderator Laura-Edythe Coleman and our panelists— Melanie Adams, Dina Bailey, Mike Murawski, and …
Museum Studies Network Inaugural Online Gathering: MSN Shelfie

By American Alliance of Museums

View a recording of “MSN SHELFIE,” the inaugural online gathering from American Alliance of Museum (AAM)’s Museum Studies Network held on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Moderator Juilee Decker and panelists—Tory Schendel Cox, Kiersten F. …
Do Volunteer Programs Need Reinventing for the Reopened Museum?

By American Alliance of Museums

Last year, AAM released a popular toolkit on structuring, developing, and supporting volunteer programs—whether starting from scratch or reimagining an existing program. Since the release of Designing a Museum Volunteer Program, many …
Reopening Starter Kit for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Get your copy today! Retail price: $15.00 AAM Member price: $10.00 Member discount available to the following membership categories: Tier 2 and 3, Ally, Industry, and Individual. To receive your discount, log in to your AAM account when …
Black History in Our Own Backyard: Building Community in a COVID World

By Rowena Houghton Dasch

Lately, at the Neill-Cochran House Museum we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what community means, and the best way we can define it for our institution. This question has become even more critical since the COVID-19 pandemic …
Chris Newell: First Wabanaki Leader of the Abbe Museum

By Elizabeth Merritt

Ian Elsner describes Museum Archipelago (@museum_go on Twitter) as “a tiny podcast guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums.” As a devoted follower of the podcast, I was delighted when Ian recently interviewed Chris Newell, the …
Zoomed Out: An Argument for In-Person Conferencing

By Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell

Preface: I want to preface this reflection with a bit of context and explanation. Those who followed me on the #AAMvirtual or #AAMsmj hashtags throughout the conference undoubtedly noticed my near-exclusive involvement in sessions dealing …
Essential Evaluators: A Brave New Dance

By Rose Jones, Laureen Trainer, and Andréa Giron Mathern

Essential Evaluators seeks to gather evaluators in a common space to dialogue, reflect, and support each other in a world upended by COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protest movement. This is a time of uncertain and unknown expectations …
Diversity & Good Governance Webinar

By American Alliance of Museums

Developing greater board diversity is something most museum CEOs and Board Chairs yearn to accomplish, and yet many museums struggle to make incremental changes to their boards’ compositions. How can museums continue to increase greater …