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Message from the President: The Curious Life

This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. Hello, Museum readers! I’m delighted to address you for the first time as AAM’s new …

Striking a Balance at the Oakland Museum of California

The Oakland Museum of California has changed its financial decision-making to prioritize social cohesion. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2024 issue, a …

Marilyn Jackson Named the New President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release Arlington, VA—After a comprehensive national search, Marilyn Jackson has been named the next President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums. Jackson will assume …

Recruiting the Future of the Future

I am very happy to announce that the Alliance is recruiting an Assistant Director for the Center for the Future of Museums. I hope you will broadcast that news, and help us find the person …

Twelve Museum Innovations in 2023

Dispatches from the Center for the Future of Museums is a museum newsletter like none other, offering far-reaching analysis of emerging social, technological, economic, environmental, and …

AAM Announces Excellence in DEAI Steering Committee Members

For Immediate Release: Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums, the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, has announced the members of its …

Do You Like Podcasts about Museums? Want to Start Your Own?

One of the BEST PARTS of the virtual Future of Museums Summit is going to be the breakout sessions at the end of each day. Many of the moderators and speakers have volunteered to join …

From the President: The Subject of a Story

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 …

The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2022

Every year, people from across the field contribute to the Alliance Blog, and new topics come to the fore as the fieldwide conversation evolves. Revisiting the posts that were most read in …

Museum People’s Favorite Museum Stores

Museumgoers know that one of the best places to find distinctive, cherishable objects, books, and apparel is in a museum store. With their connection to their institutions’ …
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Imaginative Learning in Museums, Part 2—Enthusiasm and Resistance: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story

Category: Alliance Blog
This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the …

When HR is the Barrier: Identifying Problems and Solutions

Category: Alliance Blog
After more than two decades of experience in human resources (HR) and diversity, inclusion, and belonging roles, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the inner workings of these …

The 2024 Museum Store Gift Guide

Category: Alliance Blog
As cheerful as the holiday season can be, it can also be a dizzying blur of to-dos, chief among them the task of finding thoughtful, interesting gifts that will delight their recipients. …

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