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From SME to C-Suite: Complementing Your Specialization with a Business School Education

In June, reporter Robin Pogrebin published “What Does It Take to Run a Museum? The Job Description is Changing.” in The New York Times. Drawing on interviews with veteran art museum …

Independent Museum Professionals: Principles of Professional Practice

Revised in 2020, these Principles of Professional Practice for Independent Museum Professionals provide a set of values that range from working with professional integrity and cultivating …

AAM Announces $1 Million Investment in the Museum Community

The AAM team is thrilled to launch a $1 million investment in an expanded Museum Community professional development and networking program. Beginning as early as this summer and over the …

A Short Rant About Quiet Quitting (or, Why Heroism Can Be Toxic)

One of the things that fell to the cutting room floor as I edited this year’s TrendsWatch was a short rant about the phrase “quiet quitting.” In the published version of the essay on …

Grow Where You’re Planted: How to Progress in Your Career without Changing Institutions

  At some point in all of our careers, it happens. You run into a past colleague, often while mingling at a museum networking event, and after a hug or handshake you jump into updates. …

The Three Types of Museum Career Change, and How to Navigate Them

I remember it clearly. My organization’s education department had just received a large gift to launch a new initiative. We planned to open a new informal learning center focusing on …

Your Museum Career Now What Career Resilience in a Post COVID Climate

As museum staff return from unprecedented furloughs and layoffs, not all the jobs that were there pre-COVID will return as well. For many professionals, this will be a chance to shift to a …

IMPs Talk: Pricing Your Projects

Handout of additional resources Are you up nights wondering what to charge for your work? Do you suspect there’s a secret formula you just haven’t discovered? Watch this …

Managing Your Museum Career through COVID‐19

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. The COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented layoffs and furloughs across the globe, including in …

MEMBERS ONLY: Rock Your Profile with LinkedIn Webinar

Ready to update your digital profile? Or perhaps you are just getting started on creating your online professional presence? As the world’s largest professional network including 160K U.S. …

Career Development Webinar

Katherine McNamee, Director of Human Resources at AAM, and Ryan Bourke, Director of Member Services at AAM, present on job search and career development resources available on the American …

The State of the Museum Field in 2020, as Viewed by Students

On a day in April 2020, Richard E. Jones—a recent St. John’s University graduate who grew up with a view of New York City’s famous “Museum Mile” from his Harlem neighborhood—looked down the …
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Immersive Auditory Experiences at the Molina Family Latino Gallery within the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino unveiled its first gallery dedicated to Latino history and culture, the Molina Family Latino Gallery at the National Museum of …

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