Community Engagement & Impact

Grant Opportunity: Museums & Creative Aging

Aroha Philanthropies has just released a call for proposals to museums interested in participating in its new Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums initiative. The Alliance is collaborating with …
By Elizabeth Merritt

Interested in International Museum Partnerships? Download the Museums Connect Evaluation Report

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By American Alliance of Museums

When an Artist Becomes Director

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By Scott Stulen

From Stodgy to Story – Glensheen’s historic transformation

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By Lucie B. Amundsen

What is our museum’s social impact?

By Kelly McKinley, Medium

How a museum is using American artifacts to help immigrants become citizens

By Stephan Salisbury, Cbsnews

From Beyoncé To Bach: Culture Has Democratized And Museums Are Adapting

By Maria Garcia, Wbur

Engaging the System: Museums Working in the Incarceration System

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By Elizabeth Merritt

Museums have a duty to be political

By Jillian Steinhauer, The Art Newspaper

A Museum Offers the Chance to Wander Its Galleries All Alone

By Elena Goukassian, Hyperallergic

Leading Forward: engaging with complex and controversial topics

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By Elizabeth Merritt

How do we restore trust in our democracies? Museums can be a starting point

By David Skorton, Smithsonian Institution, World Economic Forum
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