2023 – Page 11 – American Alliance of Museums

Looking Ahead: Embracing Sustainability and Resiliency for a Better Tomorrow

By American Alliance of Museums

This booklet is based on the webinar co-sponsored by the AAM’s Environmental Climate Network and The Parque Explora in Medellin, Colombia. Museum leaders from 3 different continents came together to engage in rethinking not only about the …
Looking Ahead: Innovations and Actions

By American Alliance of Museums

The COVID-19 crisis and exacerbated climate conditions around the world have prompted museums to think beyond their traditional role of cultural preservation. This program explores the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the …
Applying LEED to Museum Projects

By American Alliance of Museums

Since the LEED green certification launched in the 1990’s, there have been hundreds of museums seeking the certification to demonstrate sustainability practices and to be a good neighbor. Thanks to Deborah Lucking of Fentress Architects …
Welcoming Guidelines

By American Alliance of Museums

The “LGBTQ Welcoming Guidelines for Museums” outline preferred practices for museums to use when working with LGBTQ professionals, audiences, and communities. The guidelines reflect our belief that museums are community anchors where …
Transgender Inclusion Guides

By American Alliance of Museums

Created by the Task Force for Transgender Inclusion, the Toolkit is intended to prepare institutions, coworkers, and transgender museum professionals for gender transitions and to better implement transgender inclusion in policies and …
Interpreting Transgender Stories

By American Alliance of Museums

Transgender and gender-nonconforming people deserve dignified and respectful representation of their lives and communities in museums and cultural institutions. The Task Force for Transgender Inclusion developed this guide on Interpreting …
Strategies for Engaging and Representing Latinos in Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Strategies for Engaging and Representing Latinos in Museums provides background information and strategies for engaging and representing Latinos in authentic and meaningful ways. It includes questions for museums to self-assess their work …
Taking a Stand: A Q&A with Micah Parzen, CEO of the Museum of Us

By Adam Rozan

While for some museums the pandemic was a wake-up call to reimagine how they engaged and served their communities, for others it was an opportunity to go deeper. One of those museums, the Museum of Us, had been on a trajectory for several …
A Farewell from AAM’s Departing President & CEO

By Laura Lott

It has been an incredible honor to lead the American Alliance of Museums and to work with all of you for the last thirteen years. Throughout my tenure, I visited hundreds of museums and enjoyed meeting thousands of museum …
Call for Content! Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparative Practice

By Elizabeth Merritt

This year’s TrendsWatch report included a short piece about recent shifts in museum practice with regard to voluntary repatriation, restitution, and reparations. AAM’s Museum will delve into the topic more deeply in the November/December …