2021 – Page 5 – American Alliance of Museums

Taking a Moment: Reflecting on our DEAI Responsibilities, webinar from March 2021

By American Alliance of Museums

Handout of additional resources Slides from webinar In this webinar, Dina Bailey of Mountain Top Vision discussed how the last year has affected diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion efforts in the museum field and where our …
IMPs Talk: Social Media from February 2021

By American Alliance of Museums

IMP welcomed Lucy Redoglia, digital communications and marketing specialist and fellow IMP, to walk us through different social media platforms and provide best practices on how to use them to share content. Mastermind groups broke out to …
What Does It Mean to be Trustworthy?

By James Gardner

On September 30, the Alliance released Museums and Trust 2021, the latest research to measure public trust in US museums. It was reassuring, though not surprising, that the results confirm museums continue to be highly trusted. However, …
AAM Announces 2021 Publication Design Competition Winners; National Gallery of Victoria Receive Top Award

By American Alliance of Museums

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARLINGTON, VA – November 1, 2021 – The American Alliance of Museums announced the winners of its annual Publication Design Competition today. Judges recognized 27 publications in four print categories from 150 …
A Q&A with Dirk Hiscock, Designer of This Year’s Winner for Excellence in Publication Design

By American Alliance of Museums

After reviewing hundreds of entries every year, the jury for AAM’s annual Museum Publications Design Competition awards only one publication with the Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design, recognizing it as the …
Pushing the Boundaries

By Ashley Rogers

The Whitney Plantation Museum confronts the truth of its history in all facets of its …
Beyond the Museum Walls

By Heryte T. Tequame

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Queens Museum serves as a community anchor by embracing porosity, situatedness, and uncertainty. When the first wave …
From the President and CEO: Adapting to Community Needs

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Distrust and skepticism in many of our country’s institutions is increasing, making the fragility of trust painfully …
Recasting the Civic Imperative of the Museum

By Clémentine Deliss

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Liberating collections from their imperialist pasts can occur through a new model: the museum-university. As a curator …
Point of View: Museums Must Be More

By Richard West Jr.

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. ICOM’s definition of “museum” needs to take into account how the practice has changed and where it is heading. For the …