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Is History Haunted?: Three museums explain their supernatural programs
Around October, the weather gets cold, the days get shorter, and the spine begins to tingle. People start looking for eerie activities to scratch the itch, whether haunted houses, horror movies, or ghost tours. This is an interesting … -
Using Your RFP Process to Reduce Third-Party Risk
Creating a well-written request for proposals (“RFP”) takes a lot of time and effort. As tempting as it can be to rush through the RFP writing process, you need to do it carefully to prevent problems down the line. A good RFP (and … -
Creative Aging and Social Prescribing
“You’re doing what?!” This is often the response one gets when they say they are involved in the field of creative aging. I am asked it a lot, from people who want to know what on earth “creative aging” even is. When I begin to describe it … -
Collection Ranking: Making deaccessions work for you
For all the objects in a museum’s collection that meet the standard criteria for accessioning—they fit the museum’s mission, are in good condition, and have thorough provenance—a significant percentage meet only one (or none) of these … -
How Science Museum of Minnesota Put Its Collections and Research on the MAP
The timing was right for Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) to participate in the Collections Stewardship Museum Assessment Program (MAP) program in 2018. Since our last MAP, in 1985, we had experienced many changes. Most recently, our new … -
An International Collaboration to Promote STEAM Experiences
As museum educators, we often teach children to appreciate art as a method of self-expression, but we can also use it to engage them with challenging educational subjects. Research suggests there is educational value in interdisciplinary … -
Meet the Facing Change Senior Diversity Fellows
Only nine short months have passed since AAM began its initiative Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion, which provides training, support, and resources to help museum leadership become more representative of the … -
Praise Be to AARP
One of the many benefits of advanced age is that one can become a member of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons. But despite the name, the word “retired” seems to be losing its applicability, if one reads any of AARP’s … -
Copyright at the Crossroads: A call for museum engagement at the international level
On October 18-19, 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will be holding an open two-day meeting in Geneva about copyright exceptions for libraries, archives, and museums. The meeting is being held to summarize the … -
Mystic Chords of Memory: Writing workshops as museum creative aging programs
Nearly a career ago, I visited a mentor and friend at the historical society he directed on a Saturday afternoon. As we sat in his office chatting, I heard a phone ring in the society’s library a long way down a cavernous hall. It rang and …
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Accessibility by Design: Empowering Staff for Human-Centered Change
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What does it mean to build a truly human-centered museum? This webinar supports staff at …