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Tales from Campus: Oxy Arts

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
One of the risks posed by the pandemic is that the public health imperative for social distance might discourage activism and engagement just when it is needed most. In this guest post, …

Tales from Campus: Connecting Community in the Time of COVID

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
What’s it like to be an undergrad this year? The social experience of college is as important as the academic content, but many students are attending class online from their dorm rooms, …

Tales from Campus: Radical Collaboration at the Nasher Museum

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
In today’s guest post, Wendy Hower, Director of Engagement & Marketing at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, describes how an outdoor art exhibition became a wide-reaching way …

Tales from Campus: how a collections-based seminar went virtual

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
All museums have had their worlds turned upside-down in the past year, but college and university museums and galleries face a specific set of challenges. According to the Chronicle of …

Covid on Campus: How the pandemic is reshaping higher education.

Category: Museum Magazine
“The Internet will save higher education, but it may kill your alma mater.” — John Katzman, education entrepreneur This article which appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum …

Re-Engaging the Past to Re-Envision the Future

Category: Museum Magazine
The Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College joined creative forces to spotlight civil rights issues, past and present. This article originally appeared in the January/February, 2021 …

Museums in a Driverless Future

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
How many people get to your museum by driving their own cars? When they arrive, where do they park? If you are designing a new museum, or a renovation, what parking structures are included …

Statues of Limitation

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. Click here to learn more about membership! Are museums the …

How a Disturbing Historical Discovery Inspired a New Mission at Old North Foundation

Category: Alliance Blog
The enduring fame of the Old North Church in Boston began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when church sexton Robert Newman and vestryman Capt. John Pulling Jr. climbed the steeple and …

60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Be the Change You Wish to See

Category: On-Demand Programs: Financial Sustainability
This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Museum professionals must understand fundraising to create and sustain value for their communities. Using …

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