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Lessons Learned from SARS (and Strikes) at the Ontario Science Center

By Elizabeth Merritt

Often the best way to foresee the future is to revisit the past. In March, professor Marjorie Schwarzer offered an overview of how US museums responded to three pandemics in the 20th century. Today on the blog, Jennifer Martin, Julie …
Curatorial Dreaming in the Age of COVID-19

By Erica Lehrer and Shelley Ruth Butler

The Museums and Equity in Times of Crisis series explores how museums can center diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in the decisions and plans they make for weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, professors and …
AAM EdCom Awards Presented to 2 Museum Professionals and 3 Museum Programs

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – In these challenging times, museum education departments and educators have continued to prove their importance to our field and society through the creative ways they engage their audiences and …
#MuseumWeek: Celebrating Digital Museum Work in the Age of COVID-19

By Benjamin Benita & Fabio Pariante

#MuseumWeek was launched in France in 2014, thanks to a union between around seven hundred European museums who wanted to both strengthen their raison d’être and increase their audience in the digital space. It has since gained …
Highlighting Museums on #GivingTuesdayNow

By Josette Souza

With #GivingTuesdayNow taking place May 5, as an emergency COVID-19 edition of the annual fundraising event, we wanted to highlight the great work of museums across the country and share what they had to say about the campaigns they’re …
How the Anchorage Museum is Telling the Story of Climate Change

By Julie Decker

As the world faces the unprecedented in climate crisis and pandemics, museums are more important than ever for facilitating essential human connection and meaning-making. As a result of these crises, human lifeways and ecosystems will be …
How to Get Ready to Open the Doors

By Elizabeth Merritt

Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field: These resources have been taken out from behind the member paywall to make them free and accessible for all. The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural …
Lessons Learned from SARS: How Museums Emerge After Crisis

By American Alliance of Museums

< Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field: This, and other COVID-19 resources, have been taken out from behind the member paywall to make them free and accessible for all. The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll …
What Can Data Teach Us About Museum Collections?

By Diana Greenwald

Author’s Note: When I initially wrote this blog post several months ago, it was to describe and celebrate an initiative that I spearheaded at the National Gallery of Art that made new use of museum collection data. The point of the …
“The museum we closed will not be the museum we reopen.”

By Scott Stulen

Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. The Alliance Blog is supported by membership dues and donations. In these …