2024 – Page 14 – American Alliance of Museums

Recruiting for Hard-to-Fill Positions in Museums Tipsheet

By Dana P. Hundley

This tipsheet was developed by Dana P. Hundley (she/her), recruiting and people program consultant. Dana has recruited across industries, job functions and experience levels in agency, inhouse and consulting capacities. Along the way, …
Help Pioneer Better Measures of Museum Performance

By Elizabeth Merritt

What’s the best way to measure a museum’s success? And by “best,” I mean meaningful and sustainable. “Meaningful” in the form of metrics that will make a community feel it has been well served by the museum and demonstrate to funders and …
Museum as Living Room: A Q&A with Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ Victoria Ramirez

By Adam Rozan

I believe museums matter because they serve as vital community spaces, where we can meet, mingle, work, learn, study, daydream, and everything in between. I came to this realization, in part, after reading Ray Oldenburg’s The Great Good …
What Works for Building Audiences? Let’s Review the Data.

By Joseph O'Neill

One of the biggest issues museums face right now is diminished attendance. Years after most pandemic-induced closures have lifted, the majority of institutions have still seen only a partial return of their visitors—an average of 71 …
Emergency Response in the Face of Disasters

By Elizabeth Merritt

This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “There’s nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.” —Prince Charles America’s …
Act Now to Speak Up for Museums!

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – June 7, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Appropriations Update: Act Now to Speak Up for Museums! Start Today: Plan to Participate in #InviteCongress 2024 Appropriations Update – Speak Up for Museum Funding! The Fiscal …
How to Transform a Volunteer Program in Six Steps

By Joseph O'Neill

Dive into the theme of The Next Era of Volunteerism at The Museum Summit this October! Are you taking a second look at your museum’s volunteer program? Maybe you’re struggling with flagging recruitment and retention, questioning how the …
A Bundle of Museum Collections Management Forms

By American Alliance of Museums

Download templates for: an acquisition proposal form, accession form, donor questionnaire, deed of gift, bequest pledge form, cataloging worksheet, condition report form, deaccession form, incoming loan agreement, outgoing loan agreement, …
TrendsWatch: this year’s report as a free, accessible PDF with copious links

By Elizabeth Merritt

Heads up! The 2024 edition of CFM’s annual forecasting report is now available as a free PDF download. TrendsWatch: Navigating a Volatile Future explores how museums can adapt to the astounding pace of change in culture, climate, and …
A Guided Wellness Workshop for Taking Care of Yourself Before Your Communities

By Janet Tillman

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to join the AAM team for two wellness sessions in the lead-up to May’s Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Given the meeting’s wellness-focused theme, “Thriving Museums, Healthy Communities,” the team …