2020 – Page 24 – American Alliance of Museums

A Community Museum’s Plan to Document Gentrification

By Sarah Zenaida Gould, PhD

This past November, I attended Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas, held in Oaxaca, Mexico. Part of my excitement about attending the conference was that Latin America, and especially Oaxaca, is known for its community …
Workshopping the Future: Foresight in Hindsight

By Elizabeth Merritt

At AAM 2019 in New Orleans, I led a three-hour futuring workshop, teaching attendees how to conduct foresight activities at their own organizations. Katie Eagleton attended that workshop, and in today’s post she shares how she has applied …
Simplifying Creative Aging

By Bill Tramposch

“What’s creative aging?” is a question that usually comes fast on the heels of mentioning the term. I have tried to explain it so many times that, for economy’s sake, I’ve developed ways to explain it with the fewest descriptors possible. …
Alliance Announces Latest Accreditation Awards – 23 Museums Receive This High Honor

By American Alliance of Museums

Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced seven new museum accreditation awards and 16 reaccreditations made at the February 2020 …
Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus

By American Alliance of Museums

With the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and as public spaces, employers for over 726,000 individuals, and institutions that hold significant public trust museums must be well prepared for potential outbreaks. The American …
Why We’re Covering the Opioid Crisis at the Indiana State Museum

By Cathy Ferree

As museums look to the future, it is paramount that we stay relevant to our visitors and continue to meet their needs. Instead of only serving as stewards of the past, museums can put history in context and look to the future and tackle …
Monday (3/9) Deadline for Key Museum Funding Letter; Contact Legislators Today

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – March 4, 2020 Monday (3/9) Deadline for Key Museum Funding Letter; Contact Legislators Today After being targeted for elimination by the President’s budget, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) …
Silent No More: The new Lucy Burns Museum speaks to the centennial of suffrage

By Karin McKie

Suffragists are recorded as the first in US history to use silence as protest, calling themselves “Silent Sentinels.” US suffragists (rather than British suffragettes) were also the first to picket the White House. They stood in front of …
#5WomenArtists Shaping Museum Practice

By Elizabeth Merritt

Museums are among the most trusted sources of information and can use that superpower of trust to nudge society towards preferred futures. Today on the blog, Amy Mannarino, Director of Communications and Marketing at the National Museum of …
The Art of Conversation

By Emma Filar

The National Museum of Women in the Arts’ “Fresh Talk” series gives breath and breadth to bold ideas about the interplay among women, art, and social change. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of Museum …