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Spring Advocacy and Funding Updates for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – May 5, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Spring Appropriations Update: Potential Funding Cuts. Act Now! Presidential Appointments: President Biden Announces PCAH Members Save the Date: Plan to Participate in …
Tough Art: Building a Collection at Any Price

By Anne Fullenkamp

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 …
Museums and YouTube: You’ll never believe these 3 tips to improve your channel

By Xiomara Blanco

When the pandemic forced museums to make a hard pivot to online content, the importance of reaching audiences beyond gallery walls became clearer than ever. As The Historic New Orleans Collection’s first in-house media producer, figuring …
Point of View: A Time of Transformation in Museums

By Alice M. Greenwald

As the world becomes increasingly complex, memorial museums can help people navigate u…
What Makes a Museum Member?

By Dan Sullivan

Museums need to take a hybrid approach to the visit…
AAM Recognizes Six Individuals and Five Institutions for Exemplary Work in the Museum Field

By American Alliance of Museums

For immediate release ARLINGTON, VA – The Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced the individuals, programs, and …
Point of View: Inspiring Reflection in Museums

By Emlyn Koster

Why and how the perspective and purpose of museums should …
From the President and CEO: Getting Out of the Box

By Laura Lott

For generations, much of the American public has put museums in a box, seeing them as nice places to visit on occasions like annual school field trips but not community anchors essential to a thrivi…
Let’s Talk About It at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery

By Brent Carmack, Shannon Quist, and Laura Vilaret-Tuma

Working with community partners, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery has started a mental health conversation that has led to ongoing p…
Delivering on the Promise at the Speed Art Museum

By Toya Northington, The Speed Research Committee, and Roberto Visani

This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. The Speed Art Museum and outside experts developed a multidisciplinary program to explore the impact of race-based trauma and gun …