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Recruiting for Museum Board Diversity Webinar

By Cecelia Walls

Support Free DEAI Resources: AAM provides all of our DEAI resources for free to AAM members. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting this work by making a donation to AAM. Thank you for your much-needed …
MSN Conversation #3: Making the Future Museum We Want

By Cecelia Walls

View a recording of “MSN Conversation #3: Making the Future Museum We Want” presented by American Alliance of Museum (AAM)’s Museum Studies Network on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. MSN’s Juilee Decker and organizers Chelsea Haines and …
The State of the Museum Field in 2020, as Viewed by Students

By Kristin M. Szylvian

On a day in April 2020, Richard E. Jones—a recent St. John’s University graduate who grew up with a view of New York City’s famous “Museum Mile” from his Harlem neighborhood—looked down the street toward the Metropolitan Museum of Art. …
Tales from Campus: Oxy Arts

By Elizabeth Merritt

One of the risks posed by the pandemic is that the public health imperative for social distance might discourage activism and engagement just when it is needed most. In this guest post, Frankie Fleming, Manager of Education and Community …
Attracting Charitable Giving through Education Programs

By Lori Kartchner and Mickey Maley

In this series of posts, EdCom’s Trends Committee is taking a deeper look at emerging phenomena identified in the 2020 edition of TrendsWatch from the Center for the Future of Museums. In this post, they turn their attention to the …
Giving Back: Three Model Practices for Sustaining Older Volunteers during COVID-19

By Marjorie Schwarzer

As cases of COVID-19 spike across the country, resulting in more museums suspending operations, what are the implications for older docents and volunteers, especially in regard to ageism and creative aging? In part one of this two-part …
American Alliance of Museums Announces Commitment to Fostering a More Welcoming Nation with Support of Ad Council’s “Belonging Begins With Us” Campaign

By American Alliance of Museums

National initiative encourages welcoming attitudes and actions in communities across America For immediate release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum …
Your Voice is Needed TODAY – Last Chance for COVID-19 Economic Relief in 2020

By American Alliance of Museums

Support Field-Wide Advocacy for Museum Relief: The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our …
The Museum of Future History: An Antidote To Chronological Squatting

By Elizabeth Merritt

Those of you who follow my writing may be aware of my passion about the need to decolonize the future. I believe museums can play a vital role in helping the public be better stewards of the world we leave to future generations. Today’s …
Why I Abandoned the Traditional Museum Education Model

By Annie Thomas-Bubel

Personal stories are how we, at Nemours Estate, connect our visitors with the duPont family who once lived in this grand place. So I’d like to share my personal story of building a museum education program from the ground up, to illustrate …