Career Management

Take time to reflect on the AAM Annual Meeting

Museum workers often fulfill singular positions in their institutions. The annual American Alliance of Museums (AAM) conference is one chance to meet up with global peers. These …
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By Seema Rao

What’s the Best Path to a Top Museum Job? We Analyzed the Training of 100 Curators to Find Out

By Brian Boucher, artnet News

Receiving the Nancy Hanks award (and what the heck is professional development, anyway)

By Emily Graslie

Leaving the Museum Field

By Sarah Erdman, Claudia Ocello, Dawn Estabrooks Salerno, and Marieke Van Damme

Leadership, and Why You Need a SWOT Analysis (and a Personal Board of Directors)

By Greg Stevens

Strategizing Me: Making a Personal Career Plan Effective leaders create mission statements to shape their museum careers.

By Anne W. Ackerson

Museum Directors on Mentorship and Their Professional Journeys

By Michael E. Shapiro

A perspective on the educational value of museum internships

By Emily Surman

Tools for Recruitment and Engagement in Museum Studies

Woman stands outside with her arms crossed smiling
By Jada Wright-Greene

Anatomy of a Lunchtime Conversation

By AAM Editor

Your Roving Reporter: An interview with Jim Croft: Executive Vice President of The Field Museum

By Betty Brewer

The Productive Workplace

By Marilyn Weiss Cruickshank
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