5 Questions on the New Equity and Inclusion Statement at the Science Museum of Minnesota
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Alliance Blog
Earlier this year the Science Museum of Minnesota unveiled a new Statement on Equity and Inclusion. We recently asked Kim Ramsden, director of communications for the museum, how this …
AAM Statement in Response to the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
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Press Release
Update (1/12/21) The Alliance is pleased to share the news that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a Notice Regarding Executive Order 13950, …
The Labor of Diversity
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 edition of the Museum magazine. Museums serve as places of collaboration, education, and reflection. They exist in stunning …
Generational Inclusion: Shattering Stereotypes and Challenging Assumptions
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Alliance Blog
This article originally appeared in Informal Learning Review (ILR) No. 144, May/June 2017. A copyrighted publication of Informal Learning Experiences, Inc. Reprinted with permission. My …
Meet the Facing Change Senior Diversity Fellows
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Alliance Blog
Only nine short months have passed since AAM began its initiative Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion, which provides training, support, and resources to help …
Is That Hung White? Revisiting Issues of Race and Inclusion in Exhibitions
This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. In 2019, we got real and vulnerable about the consequences stemming from the lack of diversity and …
Flies in the Buttermilk: Museums, Diversity, and the Will to Change
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Museum Magazine
This essay originally appeared in the July/August 2000 issue of Museum News, a publication of the American Alliance of Museums. Lonnie G. Bunch III later became the founding director of the …
Time for New Norms: Museums must address their systemic inequities if they want to be truly inclusive—and relevant—institutions.
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In American history, the Civil Rights Movement is held up as a beacon of …
No Stone Left Unturned: How the Oakland Museum of California is practicing equity and inclusion.
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Over the past decade, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) has begun …
Leading By Example, Not by Mandate
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Alliance Blog
Champion museums and nurture excellence in partnership with our members and allies. This is the Alliance’s mission statement and a call to action that is driving results across the museum …
How Can My Small Museum Handle Core Documents Verification?
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Museum Magazine
The American Alliance of Museums Core Documents Verification is a review and recognition program that focuses on the five core indicators of a strong and healthy organization: Mission …