Collections Stewardship

TechTalk: Collections Insurance Top Ten Questions to Make Sure Your Museum is Properly Covered

By American Alliance of Museums

Collections and loans are vital to every museum. But do you know how they are insured? How would the museum’s insurance policy respond in the event of a fire or pipe break? What if the museum does not have a full appraisal of its …
In Pursuit of Cultural Property Ownership Disputes in Museums Today

By American Alliance of Museums

Museums are seeing new claims on objects, including large-scale demands for the repatriation of artifacts to their --countries of origin. When handled properly, these situations reflect well on museum leadership. An art insurer, a cultural …
Changing How They See

By Kate Mirand Calleri

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum is decolonizing its collection with the help of local…
Tech Talk: How to Address the Collections Management Troublesome Trio

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded Tech Talk from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Presented by Lucidea Transcript Candyce McDonald : Thanks for joining us today for our guest presentation on addressing Collection Management troublesome …
Decolonizing Museum Collections: A Conversation between Colleagues in the Field

By American Alliance of Museums

Are you curious about the work surrounding Decolonizing museum collections? Presented by the former Collections Stewardship Professional Network (CSAAM) and the CSAAM Emerging Museum Professional (CSEMP) committee, this webinar hosts …
Microclimates: A Greener Future for Collection Care

By Joyce Lee & Kelly Krish

There are many options available for museums to address climate action and become more sustainable, but recent work at two institutions has highlighted the value in one particular method: creating “microclimates” which confine …
Building True, Lasting Collaborations with Source Communities

By Meredith Schweitzer

It’s well-documented by this point: museums are changing. No longer solely repositories of information and keepers of culturally important artifacts, museums today are taking on new roles and shaping revised definitions of …
Eye of the Storm: How Do Museums Prepare for Hurricanes during a Pandemic?

By Lori Foley and Cori Wegener

It’s a Thursday afternoon in July and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) is almost empty. Director Marta Mabel Pérez is in her office, leading a virtual hub of staff and other professionals through crisis management, reopening …
Of Law and Ethics: What do museums need to know in this new era of cultural property ownership disputes?

By Suzanne Hale

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. A tension often exists between the law and the ethics of collecting cultural property, and nowhere is that more apparent than in …
Now What?: Project Ideas for Museum Staff Working Remotely

By Cecelia Walls

By now, most of us are well into our stints of working from home. But weeks or months in, you might be finding it hard to think of new tasks you can do without access to your physical site. Some tasks are better suited to working on from …