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Museum as Lightning Rod: Innovation and Invitation—An #AAM2022 Keynote by Jake Barton

By American Alliance of Museums

Jake Barton, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Local Projects, opened the Innovation focus area of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo with his keynote, “Museum as Lightning Rod: Innovation and Invitation,” …
Speak the Truth and Point to Hope: An #AAM2022 Keynote by Sandra Jackson-Dumont

By American Alliance of Museums

Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Director & CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, opened the Organizational Culture focus area of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo with her keynote “Speak the Truth and Point to Hope,” …
CARE-apy: Discussing Data Collection Methods

By American Alliance of Museums

Watch this recorded CARE-apy session where we explore numerous evaluation methods that you can use to understand a variety of things, including: Information that will help you make decisions before you develop and implement a program or …
What University Museum Educators Have Learned from the Pandemic

By Lori Kartchner and Abby Newkirk

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 survey university museums across …
Building Salary Equity at the Bakken Museum

By Joe Imholte

Some of the most interesting conversations I had at #AAM2022 were about workplace issues, notably pay equity, and I was heartened to find many people in leadership positions are looking for guidance and models of how to begin the process …
Family Interactive Spaces: Are They Necessary or Just Nice?

By Julia Forbes and Marianna Adams

Cultivating a strong family audience is critical for museums, and as practitioners we use many different strategies to do this, including special family days and festivals, workshops, tours, backpacks, gallery guides, labels, in-gallery …
Sky’s the Limit: Holosonics’ Revolutionary Audio Spotlight Technology Honors Revolutionary Women at New England Air Museum

By Cristofer Osden

New England Women in Aviation, the permanent exhibit unveiled in March 2022 at the New England Air Museum (NEAM) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, utilizes Holosonics’ patented directional speaker technology to honor the trailblazing women …
Contact Senators Today and Advocacy at #AAM2022

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – May 13, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Act Now: Ask Your Senators to Sign On to Senate OMS Letter by May 20! Join Us in Boston: Advocacy Sessions at #AAM2022 Senate OMS Appropriations Letter Deadline May 20 …
With Strategic Focus, TikTok Creates New Opportunities for Cultural Institutions to Inspire Critical Thinking and Constructive Dialogue

By Samantha Smith

In September of 2021, TikTok surpassed one billion users, making it the fastest-growing social media app. The video-sharing platform allows users to post short-form videos, which are then shared around the world by an algorithm that …
Why I’m Going to Boston

By Sean Blinn

“It’s so good to see you!” How much new meaning has that simple phrase taken on over the last two years? Last September I attended my only in-person conference since the beginning of the pandemic (the AASLH Annual Meeting in Little Rock, …