2021 – Page 7 – American Alliance of Museums

With the Help of MAP, the Manassas Museum Met Its Changing Community’s Needs

By Mary Helen Dellinger & Rachel Goldberg

Through the Museum Assessment Program, museums gain perspective on how to improve core areas of their operations, with a combination of guided self-reflection and close consultation with an expert Peer Reviewer. One of the many museums …
Museums and Trust 2021

By American Alliance of Museums

Museums consistently rank among the most trusted institutions in the US. Research commissioned by AAM in 2001 found almost 9 out of 10 Americans find museums to be trustworthy—and no other institution rated a similar level of trust. …
Digital Migrants and Digital Nomads: Reshaping Museum Communities

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hello, this is Elizabeth. I’m trying to recover from my pandemic writing rut by drafting a short post each week, commenting on the news. (Kind of like the old CFM series “Monday Musing,” but who can tell which day is Monday anymore?) You …
CAREapy: Expanding COVES to Art Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

The Collaboration for Ongoing Visitor Experience Studies (COVES) is designed to unite museums in systematically collecting audience-level data with a focus on institutional and field-wide improvement. Learn about how we are engaging in …
Decolonizing Museum Collections: A Conversation between Colleagues in the Field

By American Alliance of Museums

Are you curious about the work surrounding Decolonizing museum collections? Presented by the former Collections Stewardship Professional Network (CSAAM) and the CSAAM Emerging Museum Professional (CSEMP) committee, this webinar hosts …
How Smithsonian Associates Reimagined Its Music Programs for Older Adults during the Pandemic

By Liz Paige

In 2019, Smithsonian Associates—the largest museum-based education program in the world—had the opportunity to launch a popular music program designed for those fifty-five and older thanks to a Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums grant from …
Cross-Sector Partnerships Key to Institutionalizing Creative Aging

By American Alliance of Museums

Lifetime Arts CEO/Co-founder Maura O’Malley, Daphne Kwok, Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Asian American & Pacific Audience Strategy at AARP, and Andrew Plumley, Senior Director of Equity and Culture at the American …
The Societal and Personal Impacts of Creative Aging

By American Alliance of Museums

A workshop presented by Annie Montgomery and Maura O’Malley of Lifetime Arts. Museum Summit on Creative Aging, July 29, 2021 Transcript Elizabeth Merritt: The marvelous work of Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Union County Heritage …
Learning from Experience: Older Adults, Ageism and What Museums can do about it

By American Alliance of Museums

Panel discussion with Eli Burke, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson; Steve Bennett, Union County Heritage Museum; and Sara Lowenburg, Louisiana State Museum. Moderated by Elizabeth Merritt, American Alliance of Museums. Museum Summit on …
A Conversation on Aging and Equity

By American Alliance of Museums

A discussion with Daphne Kwok, Vice President of Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Asian American & Pacific Islander Audience Strategy at AARP, Lisa Sasaki, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, and Edward Tepporn, Executive …