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Getting Civic with Gen Z: A Q&A with Caroline Klibanoff of Made By Us

By Adam Rozan

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. In all of this, it’s easy to lose the …
Historical Connections: Working with Living Artists in the Museum Setting

By Shirley Reece-Hughes and Maggie Adler

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 free and open access to the museum. In addition to …
Repeat Visitation at Museums: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story

By Susie Wilkening

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 survey partners with individual museums to research …
Visitation Recovery Trends from the Pandemic: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story Update

By Susie Wilkening

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 survey partners with individual museums to research …
Art Crawl: Designing a Museum Program for Infants

By Paris Baker, Nicole Cromartie, Sara Klein, and Emily Stuart Thomas

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 families. That post discussed Clyfford Still, Art, and …
Demographics of US Museum-Goers: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story Update

By Jessica Strube

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 survey partners with individual museums to research …
Navigating Partisan Tensions: Your Questions Answered

By Devon Akmon & Christy Coleman

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 leaders shared their experiences with confronting …
Video Production 101 for Museum Education

By Trae Johnson

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 equipment do you need, how should you edit your …
8 Steps for Growing Investable Assets

By Jacqueline Jordan

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 can meaningfully change lives. That is why we …
Catching the Data Bug: A Q&A with Colleen Dilenschneider

By Adam Rozan

I’m not sure how I first came across Colleen Dilenschneider—whether it was hearing her speak at a conference or reading one of her articles on the Know Your Own Bone blog, where she shares critical market research from IMPACTS Experience …