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Three Models for Bridging Wellness and Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Museums are bridging into and out of health and wellness spaces. Gain a theoretical base, practical framework, and tools, while exploring three models of …
Pivoting Your Programming: Virtual and Other Unique Options for Small Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Learn more about how small museums are continuing to connect with their audiences, even when COVID‐19 forces museums to shut their doors. This session is …
Applying Art History to Workplace Safety: Saving Lives and Growing Revenue at the Toledo Museum of Art

By Adam Levine & Doug Pontsler

Over the course of its distinguished 120-year history of art education, the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has offered classes that extend beyond simple drawing and painting into topics ranging from shop window design to robotics. As unusual …
Measuring Social Impact for Financial Sustainability

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. This session will unpack one museum’s journey to articulate and measure their social impact. Participants will analyze and discuss the implications …
Managing Your Museum Career through COVID‐19

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. The COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented layoffs and furloughs across the globe, including in the museum field. While museums are beginning to …
Legislative Update and Museums Advocacy Day 2022 is Virtual

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – November 19, 2021 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Act Now: Ask Congress to Approve Historic Increase for OMS Signed into Law: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Vaccination/Testing Requirements: OSHA ETS for …
Let’s Make a Match: Museum Volunteers

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Learn how an effective application process prevents onboarding volunteers who are not a good fit for your institution. Real‐life examples will demonstrate …
Is That Hung White? Revisiting Issues of Race and Inclusion in Exhibitions

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. In 2019, we got real and vulnerable about the consequences stemming from the lack of diversity and representation within the museum exhibition field. We …
Engagement Strategies During Times of Low (or no) Attendance

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. This session looks at how museums can engage with their audience during times of low, no, or altered (e.g. outdoor only) attendance. We will focus on three …
How Can Education Programs Help Bridge the Digital Divide?

By Dr. Ebony Bailey and Dr. Kerry Sautner

In this series of posts, EdCom’s Trends Committee is taking a deeper look at emerging phenomena identified in the 2021 edition of TrendsWatch from the Center for the Future of Museums. In this post, they explore how museums sought to …