Career Management

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 …
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, …
Museums as a Pink Collar Profession

By Joan Baldwin

This week, my colleagues at GEMM (the Gender Equity in Museums Movement) published their second white paper, Museums as a Pink Collar Profession. GEMM’s paper poses some complex questions about our field. Among other things, it asks …
Introducing our 2019 CFM Foresight Scholar

By Elizabeth Merritt

I’m pleased to announce that our inaugural foresight scholarship has been awarded to Terrance Hunter, program manager at the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. Since receiving his B.A. in Educational Studies from …
Setting the stage for my career path: Maria Marable Bunch Excellence in Practice award winner reflects on her career.

By Maria Marable Bunch

Each year AAM’s Education Committee (EdCom) Professional Network recognizes outstanding museum educators and supporters, programs and resources that exemplify excellence. The 2018 Award of Excellence in Practice was received by Maria …
Call for Applications: Aroha Fellowship for Museums & Creative Aging

By Elizabeth Merritt

Last week the Alliance launched the search for our first senior fellow. With the generous support of Aroha Philanthropies, this individual will spend two years advancing the work of museums with respect to creative aging. One of the goals …
Our Shared Responsibility: A conversation with Joanne Jones-Rizzi

By Cecelia Walls

Joanne Jones-Rizzi began working at the Boston Children’s Museum in 1985, focusing on issues of access and equity. In 2004, she left Boston to work on the “RACE: Are We So Different?” exhibition at the Science Museum of Minnesota. …
A Conversation with Kathleen McLean

By Cecelia Walls

Kathleen McLean is the recipient of the 2018 AAM Distinguished Service to Museums Award, which recognizes an individual’s excellence and contributions to the museum field for at least 20 years. McLean is principal of Independent …
A Conversation with Hallie Winter

By Cecelia Walls

Hallie Winter, curator at the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is the recipient of the 2018 Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional Excellence, which honors a museum professional with less than 10 years’ experience in the …
Speaking as a Listener

By Sam Theriault

Throughout the Annual Meeting, I became curious about how we, as museum professionals, share our learning experiences with each other. I found that my favorite speakers were master listeners—those who elevated other voices in addition to …