2023 – Page 15 – American Alliance of Museums

Supporting the Mental Health of Museum Staff

By Ann Fortescue

I’ve been in close communication with some of the museum directors using CFM resources—including TrendsWatch reports and the AAM Strategic Foresight Toolkit—to inform their planning and management. Today, Ann Fortescue, Executive Director …
AAM Welcomes Three New Board Members and New Board Leadership

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced that three leading professionals from the museum field have been …
Contact Senators to Support Funding for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – April 7, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Senators to Support OMS Funding Now! Ask Your Legislators: Co-sponsor Charitable Giving Act Tax Deduction Benefit for Nonprofits: …
Releasing TrendsWatch into the Wild

By Elizabeth Merritt

Heads up! The 2023 edition of CFM’s annual forecasting report is now available as a free PDF download. TrendsWatch: Building the Post-pandemic World explores how museums can emerge from the past three years better and stronger, using …
Contact Senators to Speak Up for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – March 31, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Senators to Support OMS Funding Now! Ask Your Legislators: Co-sponsor Charitable Giving Act Connect with Congress: April State and District …
In Good Relation: Reimagining the Grant Process for Community-Based Projects

By Kate Hadley Toftness & Lois Taylor Biggs

In recent years, there have been renewed calls for museums to adopt more inclusive and equitable practices, with significant changes to the ways we work and collaborate at all levels of our institutions. As a grants manager, I think about …
An Afrofuturist School Program Empowers Children to Envision the Future

By Nina Woodruff-Walker

Futurism is a powerful tool to share with kids—equipping them to think about the world they want to live in when they grow up, challenging them to make it better. Today on the blog, Executive Director Nina Woodruff-Walker tells us how the …
Diversifying Museum Boards

By American Alliance of Museums

Introduction (This video runs 1:58) Navigation Content Description Learning Objectives How to use this resource Videos Key Terms Presenter Bios Content Description The following content was derived from resources developed during the …
Retaining Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Board Members

By American Alliance of Museums

(This video runs 56:05) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Facing Change: Building Board Diversity—Retention (Slide Deck) Intent vs. Impact Museum Board Annual Self-Evaluation Guiding Question As you begin …
Supporting Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Trustees

By American Alliance of Museums

(This video runs 41:50) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Intercultural Development Inventory Guidance for IDI Pairs (Activity) Boarding, Building, Belonging (Slide Deck) Guiding Question How do we keep …