Recent Posts by Laura Lott
From the President and CEO: Getting Out of the Box
Category:
Museum Magazine
For generations, much of the American public has put museums in a box, seeing them as nice places to visit on occasions like annual school field trips but not community anchors essential to …
From the President: The Subject of a Story
Category:
Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. By the time you read this, I will have just joined hundreds of museum …
From the President and CEO: Seeing the Future
Category:
Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. What if someone had told you in 2012 that something called augmented …
An End-of-Year Note to the Museum Field
Category:
Alliance Blog
This past year has continued to show that our new normal is a precarious one. Our communities have been facing massive challenges on a daily basis, whether due to the impacts of the climate …
From the President: Museums and the Digital World
Category:
Museum Magazine
At AAM, our own digital journey has accelerated as much as our members. Since the start of the pandemic, we have increased our output of digital content and resources and conducted many of …
From the President: Facing Change, Making Change
Category:
Museum Magazine
Six years ago, AAM convened a group of museum leaders to answer a burning question: Why, despite decades of work from so many dedicated people, was the field still struggling to make …