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Tearing Down Barriers

By James Monroe

With “SubSpace,” the Museum of Science, Boston is creating a more inclusive environment by pushing the boundaries of theater, technolog…
Point of View: Understanding Next-Gen Funders

By Melissa Cowley Wolf

How can museums thrive in the next era of private cultural ph…
Enriching Connections

By Doretha K. Williams

The Robert F. Smith Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History is uncovering family stories and capturing community…
Advocate for Museums: Contact Your Senators

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – April 29, 2022 Senate OMS Appropriations Letter Now Circulating – Ask Your Senators to Sign On Today! Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are now circulating a letter to their Senate …
The Library of the Great Silence: A Space for Beings Throughout the Universe to Explore Shared Challenges

By Elizabeth Merritt

I have a special place in my heart for exhibits and installations that explore potential futures in creative, immersive ways. As I compiled a collection of such work, at some point I noticed that an awful lot of them originated with one …
Recruiting Strategies: How to Find Community Members for Research Studies and More

By Laureen Trainer and Michelle Mileham

Despite the ongoing effect of COVID-19 on museums’ daily operations, the national Measurement of Museum Social Impact (MOMSI) project has been forging ahead with thirty-eight museum participants since January 2021. The perseverance of the …
Last Chance! Deadline is Friday 4/22 – Ask Your Representative to Sign On Today

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – April 21, 2022 Last Chance! Deadline is Tomorrow – Ask Your Representative to Sign On Today Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), David McKinley (R-WV), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Andy Barr (R-KY) will soon …
Audio Spotlight Focused Sound Technology Brings Safe, Touchless Listening Experiences to Visitors of the Istanbul Cinema Museum

By Cristofer Osden

Holosonics’ patented directional speaker technology is seamlessly employed throughout a variety of exhibits in the recently unveiled Istanbul Cinema Museum to bring an immersive, as well as safe, touchless sound experience to visitors of …
For Your Radar: The National Association of Museum Schools

By Katherine Kelbaugh

When invited to make a statement I’d like to be true in the future, I often offer a vision of America in which “any child can choose to go to school in a museum.” Today’s guest post by Katherine Kelbaugh shares progress towards my …
CARE-apy: Crafting Evaluation Questions

By American Alliance of Museums

Every day we ask a multitude of questions in our personal and professional lives, from the simple to the complex. What time is it? How are you feeling today? One would think creating questions would be straight forward with all this …