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Museum-Healthcare Partnerships: A Growing Initiative
With increasing frequency, museums and cultural institutions are becoming trusted sources for information on health. Leveraging their reputation for credible information, and their ability …
The Influence of Staff on Museum Engagement and Visitation: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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 …
Cost of Admissions and Museum Visitation: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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 …
Getting Civic with Gen Z: A Q&A with Caroline Klibanoff of Made By Us
As museum staff, our workdays are filled with time-consuming tasks, our to-do lists constantly expanding with emails to write, memos to produce, projects to advance, and programs to put on. …
Historical Connections: Working with Living Artists in the Museum Setting
Since its founding in 1961, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) has championed the voices of American artists, openly sharing their creativity by providing the public with …
Repeat Visitation at Museums: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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 …
Visitation Recovery Trends from the Pandemic: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story Update
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 …
Art Crawl: Designing a Museum Program for Infants
Some readers of this blog may remember “Wait, What? Toddlers in an Art Museum?,” a post from January 2023 about the Clyfford Still Museum’s (CSM) journey to become more inclusive for …
Demographics of US Museum-Goers: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story Update
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 …
Navigating Partisan Tensions: Your Questions Answered
Last year’s inaugural Future of Museums Summit featured a stellar panel discussion on the topic of “Navigating Partisan Tensions in Museums.” In the session, a formidable group of museum …
Video Production 101 for Museum Education
Creating video content is a great way to extend your educational impact beyond the museum walls, but it’s easy to feel out of your depth when first experimenting with the medium. What …
8 Steps for Growing Investable Assets
At Northern Trust, we understand the value of partnership and shared history. Like the American Alliance of Museums, we believe that a community of like-minded individuals and organizations …
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When residents of Walworth County, Wisconsin, seek to uncover their lineage or learn about the heroic efforts of their ancestors, they turn to the Walworth County Historical Society (WCHS). …
Art for All: How Art Bridges is Breaking Barriers to American Art
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At Art Bridges, we believe everyone deserves access to American art, no matter where they live. Art connects us with cultures beyond our own, fostering vital community bonds that help us …