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It Takes a Village: Are You Getting These 6 Perspectives for Your Exhibition?

By David Whitemyer, AIA

Many exhibition development teams are made up of curators and content specialists, museum leadership, and designers (3D designers, graphic designers, and sometimes in-house fabricators). On occasion, department heads or Board members join …
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences

By Cristina Toma

Two years ago, in 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the AAM Annual Meeting in Washington DC, thanks to the Getty Leadership and Career Management Program Fellowship. Little did I know the extent to which that experience was to …
El museo, actor sociopolítico / The Museum as socio-political actor

By Cecelia Walls

Watch a video from the Reimagining the Museum conference held in Medellin, Colombia, November 1-3, 2017 with Marcelo Araujo, David Anderson, Robert Stein, and Améric…
¿Qué es la valentía en las organizaciones? / Brave Organizations

By Cecelia Walls

Watch Andrés Roldán, Tony Butler, Martha Nubia Bello, Bonita Bennett, Kaywin Feldman speak about brave museums at the Reimagining the Museum conference held in Medellin, Colombia, November…
El arte de ser relevantes / The Art of Relevance

By Cecelia Walls

Watch Nina Simon’s session at the Reimagining the Museum conference held in Medellin, Colombia, November 1-3, 2017 on the Art of…
Ecologías Queer / Queer Ecology

By Cecelia Walls

Watch a session Queer Ecology led by Brigitte Baptiste from the Reimagining the Museum conference held in Medellin, Colombia, November…
The Latest from Museopunks!

By American Alliance of Museums

EPISODE 28 and 29: VIRTUALLY YOURS (PARTS 1 & 2) If there is a hot technology in museums right now, it is virtual reality–a technology sometimes credited as being the “ultimate empathy machine.” But can VR live up to the hype for …
What makes K-12 public school educators choose to use a museum as part of their curriculum?

By Amber Geary

In 2013, I became the Museum Educator for the Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, a 200-year-old Liberal Arts college nestled in the foothills of Central New York. I was excited to welcome the throngs of eager K–12 school groups to …
Reinforcement Crew: A Look Back

By Libby Krecek,

As the Reinforcement Crew enters its second decade of serving museums, we thought it was only appropriate to take a look back at how this endeavor began as well as highlight some of the awesome projects our volunteers have helped with. The …
After Louvre Abu Dhabi: Dreams of Potential Partnerships for Cultural Exchange

By Michael Conforti

We watched the opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi a few months ago, many having followed the saga surrounding the establishment of the new museum in the Gulf since its official announcement in January 2007. In spite of the politics, money, and …