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Speak Up for Museums: Urge Congress to Support the Office of Museum Services

Advocacy Alert – June 7, 2018 Speak Up for Museums: Urge Congress to Support the Office of Museum Services Following the Alliance’s recent live testimony on Capitol Hill, the …

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SHA is distinctive because it combines depth—three weeks of engagement in deep discussion about issues facing our field; with breadth—discussions led by nationally recognized leaders in the …

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Can Art Help People Feel The Devastation Of Climate Change?

Amy Brady, Pacific Standard

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In early 2018, a small gallery at the Parsons School of Design in Lower Manhattan glowed with a bluish-green light. It emanated from an art installation by Peggy Weil titled 88 Cores, which …

‘It Is an Unusual and Radical Act’: Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

Julia Halperin, artnet News

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Lots of museum leaders talk about wanting to diversify their collections. Christopher Bedford, the director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, is actually doing it-though not everyone may …

3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?

Laura Sydell, NPR.org

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War, natural disasters and climate change are destroying some of the world's most precious cultural sites. Google is trying to help preserve these archaeological wonders by allowing users …

Speak Up for Museums: Urge Congress to Support the Office of Museum Services

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Latest Stories from AAM

Can Art Help People Feel The Devastation Of Climate Change?

‘It Is an Unusual and Radical Act’: Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?