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Magical Machinery? What AI can do for museums

By Kristen Summers

When people hear I work with artificial intelligence, they often imagine that I create software that does magical things. Their minds go to humanistic androids or programs that predict distant future events. But the reality of AI is much …
Collaborating with Emergency Responders to Protect Cultural Heritage

By Donia Conn

Protecting cultural heritage collections is crucial to preserving our nation’s history, sustaining the economy, and fostering resilience so that communities can respond to and recover from disasters of all shapes and sizes. Most cultural …
A Fellowship Helps One Emerging Professional Find Her Footing

By Asmaa Walton

Art has been a part of my life since very early on. When I was around four, my mother began working at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and I spent many hours after school and on weekends there with her hanging out in her office. Even at …
N’Sync: Aligning Expectations During an Exhibition Design Project

By David Whitemyer, AIA

According to Google, pop star Justin Bieber is attributed with the quote, “Two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.” It seems more like something Heraclitus or another philosopher might’ve said. Stephen Covey wrote in …
Making Professional Development Work for Small Museums

By Aimee E. Newell

“We had been talking about going to different conferences for years, usually in a joking, musing way, so it is awesome to be able to do it.” When I asked my colleague Mark Riccetti, our organization’s director of operations and programs, …
How We Maximized Our Museum Building’s Impact on Human and Environmental Health

By Richard V. Piacentini

Abundant research demonstrates the efficacy of a building’s design to enhance and support human and environmental health. Peer-reviewed professional studies in journals such as Indoor and Built Environment, Journal of the Illuminating …
Reflections on the Historic House Summit from Scholarship Attendee Abigail Winslow

By Abigail Winslow

On February 3-5, 2019, AAM’s Historic Houses and Sites and Environment and Climate networks hosted a rare convening of experts at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida, for “Sustainability: Governance, Relevance, and the …
Meet the #AAM2019 Social Media Journalists

By Cecelia Walls

Selected from a stellar pool of applicants who are passionate about museums, social activism, sustainability, diversity, and social media, this year’s cohort of social media journalists are truly inspiring. Each of these unique …
Collecting Girlhood: Why the new activist museum is virtual

By Tiffany Rhoades Isselhardt

The assumption that museums must be permanent buildings with physical collections is no longer sustainable. With decreased funding, increased competition, and the burden of care, museums have had to reimagine themselves. Some small …
Visit These Museums During #AAM2019 in New Orleans

By American Alliance of Museums

Why come to New Orleans for the 2019 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo? In addition to picking up new skills, sharing your knowledge and expertise, and finding new tools to help you succeed, there are all of these fascinating museums to …