2023 – Page 10 – American Alliance of Museums

Measuring Museum Social Impact: Lessons and Resources from a National Study

By Michelle Mileham, Sabre Moore, and Jen Kindick

With IMLS funding, the Measurement of Museum Social Impact study has spent months working with museums across the US to validate a social impact instrument. Watch this recorded session from the 2023 AAM Annual Meeting to hear about the …
How Emotional Intelligence Can Create Happier and Healthier Museums

By Jennifer DePrizio

After twenty years of working in museums, I’ve seen all sides of the field—the good, the bad, and even the ugly. But regardless of the negative experiences, my hopes are still as high as when I began my career. I still believe deeply that …
The Value of Traveling Exhibits

By Cecelia Walls

This infographic shows some of the important ways that traveling exhibits provide financial, educational, and mission support for the museum. The Value of Traveli…
How Museums Are Helping Americans Bridge Divides

By Kate Doak-Keszler

This year’s TrendsWatch shared a few stories of museums working to bridge the partisan divide, but my research for the report left me wanting more. In today’s guest post, Kate Doak-Keszler, Partnerships and Communications Director for the …
Curator Core Competencies

By Cecelia Walls

Curator Core Competencies is a comprehensive statement of the areas in which curators work, the duties they perform, and the applied skills that they must all possess to be successful in today’s profession. It defines who we are, what we …
Working with Independent Museum Professionals

By Cecelia Walls

This guide was developed by the former American Alliance of Museums’ Independent Museum Professionals Network in partnership with the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists by MJ Hagan, Principal of MJH Collections …
Independent Museum Professionals: Principles of Professional Practice

By Cecelia Walls

Revised in 2020, these Principles of Professional Practice for Independent Museum Professionals provide a set of values that range from working with professional integrity and cultivating professional client relationships, to writing …
Looking Ahead: A year for Action towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

By American Alliance of Museums

The United Nations (UN) Climate Week inspires individuals and organizations to become part of the momentum created by the global climate agreement in Paris. It is a collaborative platform where both governments and non-governmental …
Looking Ahead: Sustainability Adding Value to Reopening

By American Alliance of Museums

Museums have huge roles to play in helping all imagine and contemplate a sustainable future through engagement. The buildings housing exhibits, interactive displays, and collections also provide major opportunities to address climate …
Endowments: Considering Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) Factors

By American Alliance of Museums

Endowments are unique to institutions including museums. And today, museums are no longer limited to achieving missions through programming alone. Increasingly, investment committees look to their sizable endowments to affect social …