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Museum Philanthropy & Fundraising Tipsheet

By American Alliance of Museums

This tipsheet summarizes the transcript of a webinar presented by Charles Katzenmeyer, Eowyn Bates, Amy Burt, Shannon Joern, and Ginevra Ranney. It was developed with the help of ChatGPT. Building museum resilience begins with diversifying …
Speaking the Audience’s Language: A Q&A with James Heaton

By Adam Rozan

At some point in the pandemic, I was working on a project, and I needed a museum-based definition of a term relating to audience development and museum work. I started by flipping through a few books in my library, none of which had what I …
Striving for Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing

By John Russick and Jojo Galvan Mora

In just a few months, a quarter of the twenty-first century will be behind us. Much has changed in museums over that time. Some of that change has been brought on by technology and new ways to do our work, both outwardly and behind the …
How Do You Know You’re Ready for a Campaign? Where Do You Start?

By American Alliance of Museums

Whether constructing a new building, growing your endowment, or simply raising money for a program, campaigns are complex endeavors. Even the most organized campaigns can put staff, trustees, and volunteers to the test. Watch the San Diego …
A Growing Backlash to DEI

By Elizabeth Merritt

Do you remember seeing this picture attempting to illustrate the difference between equality and equity? Now it also illustrates the latest battleground in the new culture wars. While a whopping 91 percent of Americans agree on the …
AAM Welcomes Six 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 six leading professionals from the museum field have been newly …
Learning from the Double Diamond: How Divergent and Convergent Thinking Can Improve Collaboration and Problem-Solving in Museums

By Dana Mitroff Silvers

Have you ever been in a meeting and thrown out an idea, only to have a colleague start listing all the reasons it won’t work? Or maybe you’ve thought of one in your head, only to second-guess yourself and shut down your own thinking? These …
Speak Up for FY 2025 Funding for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – April 3, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Representative to Support FY 2025 OMS Funding Now! Final FY 2024 Appropriations: Good News for Museums Be a Blue Star Museum! President Biden …
AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 33 Museums Achieve This Distinction

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 2 first time accreditations and 31 reaccreditation awards made at …
Consensual Curation and Our Common Future

By Tamara Serrao-Leiva

The best thinking about potential futures explores the full span of the Cone of Plausibility. By expanding our understanding of what is possible, we expand our choices regarding what is preferable. Today on the blog, Tamara Serrao-Leiva, …