2021 Summer Professional Development Institutes
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A National Collaboration Unites Black Museums in Celebration of Juneteenth
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Public Programming
African American museums across the country bear a glorious responsibility to educate and engage, to inform and inspire, to bring together and build. As anchors for this engagement …
Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus
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Health
With the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and as public spaces, employers for over 726,000 individuals, and institutions that hold significant public trust museums must be well …
Digital Readiness and Pandemic Adaptations
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
On February 10, 2021, the American Alliance of Museums and the John S. Knight Foundation hosted an online conversation about “Digital Readiness and Pandemic Adaptations.” The webinar …
How the Delaware Art Museum is Centering Community Voices in Interpretive Planning
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Education & Interpretation
In 2018, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) began a radically inclusive approach to reinstallation planning, integrating community voices at every stage through focus groups, iterative …
What I Learned in a Year of Writing “Museums and Creative Aging: A Healthful Partnership”
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Museums and Aging
The creative aging movement is coming of age, and just in the nick of time. As of last year, 80 percent of state arts agencies across the United States reported a high or very high demand …
“The Truth Must Start with Museums”: Opening Remarks from #AAM2021
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Annual Meeting
Prepared Remarks of Laura L. Lott President & CEO of the American Alliance of Museums Opening General Session of the 2021 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo May 24, 2021 Good morning …
New Survey Predicts Post-COVID Booking Trends for Museums and Attractions
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Industry Advertorial
In March 2021, Tiqets conducted a survey with more than seven thousand participants in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the US about their tourism choices post-COVID. The …
Inside Out Outside In: A resilience model for museums offers strategies to address challenging realities.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. “For museums, the choice is either resilience or irrelevance. When museums see …
