2023 – Page 17 – American Alliance of Museums

The Who, What, and Why of Storytelling in Museums

By Adina Langer, Gina J. Wouters, and Colleen Higginbotham

Watch this conversation between Adina Langer, Gina J. Wouters, and Colleen Higginbotham as they discuss how to make museum storytelling as engaging a…
Museum Budgeting: Putting Your Money Where Your Mission Is

By Brian Alexander, Chris Morehead, Sharon Smith Theobald, and Kristine Zickuhr

In this recording, discuss museum budgets and funding. Some of the key discussion points in this video: A broad overview of the overall budgeting process Where do funds come from? How are funds distributed throughout the organization? …
Building Equity: K-12 Education in Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Watch this engaging conversation between Keahe Davis, Ah-Young Kim, Kelly Williams, and Tara Young as they discuss the state of museums and K-12 education. They talk about where we are and where we are going toward making museum and K-12 …
Virgil Ortiz Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders

By Virgil Ortiz

Today on the blog, Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz tells us about his use of futures-inflected storytelling to illuminate the past, as embodied in his latest project, Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders. If you are joining us in Denver for …
Designing an Equitable Recruiting Process

By Cecelia Walls

Download a PDF copy of this tip sheet. This tip sheet was developed with the help of Katherine McNamee, the Director of Human Resources for the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and is based on practices from several organizations …
Contact Congress Today to Speak Up for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – March, 10 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Representative to Support OMS Funding Now! Charitable Giving Incentives Introduced: Ask Your Legislators to Co-sponsor Museums Advocacy Day: …
AAM’s Strategic Framework: A Progress Report

By Joseph O'Neill

Whether you’re new to the museum field or have been around for decades, you’ve probably noticed that the watchword of this moment is “change.” Our museums, which have conservation in their DNA, are increasingly focused on becoming dynamic, …
Emerging Issues in Legislation

By Elizabeth Merritt

Forgive me for being biased, but I think Museums Advocacy Day is one of The Best Museum Events in the US every year. What’s not to like about hundreds of people descending on the Capitol to tell their representatives about the …
Responsibility

By American Alliance of Museums

As the pandemic struck, like Alice in Wonderland or Dorothy in Oz, museum workers found themselves cast into a completely new reality. Lengthy closures and stay-at-home orders unmoored us from the buildings and collections that normally …
From the President: The Subject of a Story

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. By the time you read this, I will have just joined hundreds of museum advocates on Capitol Hill for AAM’s annual Museums …