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Appropriations, Charitable Giving, Funding Opportunities, Invite Congress

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – June 9, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Appropriations Update: Act Now to Speak Up for Museums! Ask Your Legislators: Co-sponsor the Charitable Act (H.R. 3435 / S. 566) Energy Efficiency Funding Opportunity: …
#AAM2023 Keynote: Gregg Deal

By American Alliance of Museums

Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe) took the stage as the 2023 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo keynote speaker. Deal is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist, and “disruptor.” His work is informed by his Native identity and includes …
Empathy Interviews: A Tool for Museums to Understand the Feelings and Experiences of Others

By Kari Nelsestuen, Julie Smith, and Daniel Ramirez

Imagine sitting down with local community members and hearing stories about the places they feel they can show up as their most authentic selves, or where and how they have learned something interesting in the past, or what drives them to …
Techno-skepticism: Rethinking the Costs and Benefits of Digital Technology

By Elizabeth Merritt

The night before my flight to Denver for #AAM2023, I went over my slides for the annual presentation on TrendsWatch. The talk was formatted around the chapters of the latest report (access your free download here), but rather than simply …
A Human-Centered Approach to Guest Services

By Laurel Maxwell

Compared to other areas of museum work, guest services (or visitor services, as it’s sometimes known) often gets overlooked for the impact it has on community-building. This may be because, rather than any one big initiative, the work of …
#AAM2023 General Session

By American Alliance of Museums

The General Session of the 2023 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo took place on May 19, 2023 with Chevy Humphrey, AAM Board Chair and President and CEO of the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago; Laura Lott, AAM President & CEO; …
Advancing DEAI in a Polarized World

By Minal Bopaiah & Jakob Wolf-Barnett

Recently, we hosted a webinar with museum leaders on values-based communications for diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI). While all attendees were eager to commit fully to DEAI, many acknowledged the risks of doing so in …
Mission Made: How Museum Stores Are Embracing Sustainability and Inclusivity

By Melody Caban & Elizabeth Price

When most people think of museum stores, they likely envision shelves filled with postcards, magnets, and keychains featuring famous artworks or other exhibits. In recent years, however, many have been making an effort through their …
3 Trauma-Informed Practices for Museums to Follow

By Jackie Armstrong

Earlier this year, I presented at MuseumNext’s Museums, Health, and Wellbeing Summit about what we risk by not integrating trauma-informed practices and values into our work. In my talk, I chose to use reflective prompts and storytelling …
Crafting Cardboard Experiences: The Activity that Evolved into an Exhibition

By Joe Imholte and Keith Braafladt

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2023) Vol. 42 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. www.name-aam.org. If you don’t read the journal, learn how you can subscribe to Exhibition to receive your copy of the …