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Why Teachers Want Virtual Field Trips to Stay

By Holly Duskin

On a virtual field trip, students search their screens for signs of movement as they try to spot the elusive macroinvertebrates lurking in a pond water sample. A grid appears over the screen with the numbers one through six in each box, so …
Pandemic Disruption as an Opportunity for Change: Intuit

By Elizabeth Merritt

A year ago, I wrote about how Venice is using their pandemic induced pause to rethink how they can create a better future of sustainable tourism rather than rebounding to the status quo of day-tripping hordes. Many museums are using the …
New Marketing and Communications Resources

By American Alliance of Museums

As social media becomes increasingly important to organizations more staff working on marketing and communications tasks, especially those who work for smaller museums that wear many hats, are being asked to provide detailed tracking of …
Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum and August Advocacy Opportunities

By American Alliance of Museums

In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Get Involved: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Speak Up for Museums: Alliance Resources to Advocate Today Participate: Federal Reserve Survey on Pandemic, Nonprofits, and the People We Serve Invite …
Same Storm, Different Boats

By Elizabeth Merritt

Sometimes, in the wake of disruptive events. the world acts like a rubber band, snapping back to its original shape. Other times, disruptions have a lasting impact—resetting our boundaries, reshaping our practice. It will take several …
Finding Wonder in a Virtual World

By Rachel Serkin

Envision a group of schoolchildren standing before you, giddy with anticipation and excitement. In front of them are two elongated rectangular wooden doors, which, once opened, will transport them to another time. The doors swing open and …
Museums and Libraries Join Forces to Boost Vaccine Confidence

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA—The Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Alliance of Museums …
Hindsight is 2020: What We Learned About Leadership in a Crisis

By Preeti Gupta, Daniel Zeiger, Sara Pelleteri, Alie LeBeau, Lindzy Bivings, and Kristin Evans

At the height of the pandemic, as so many aspects of our professional and personal lives hung in the balance and emotions fluctuated between despair and hope, effective leadership surfaced as essential. Facing public health restrictions …
Building Relationships and Engaging Young Leaders 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 …
Considerations for Face Mask Policies

By American Alliance of Museums

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 …