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Collecting Girlhood: Why the new activist museum is virtual

By Tiffany Rhoades Isselhardt
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The assumption that museums must be permanent buildings with physical collections is no longer sustainable. With decreased funding, increased competition, and the burden of care, museums …

Museopunks Episode 33: A Museum for Everyone

By Suse Anderson
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Handing the Mic to People Experiencing Homelessness

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Meet Marabou! The furry, friendly creature reimagining the museum

By Megan Elevado
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Join the Conversation on Museums and Creative Aging

By Bill Tramposch

The Mission-Driven Café: When doing the wrong thing is the right thing to do

By Larry Bain
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From a Teacher: How to make your museum field trips ones to remember for students and staff

By Claudia Bartow
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Show Congress How Vital Museums Are – Advocate from Anywhere During Museums Advocacy Day!

By Ember Farber
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Museums Should Take Notes from Black Panther and Beyoncé: How to engage visitors in difficult discussions using popular media

By Stacey Ingram Kaleh
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Stone Soup

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Curator as Catalyst: How an interdisciplinary fellowship inspired “a new way of doing museum”

By Dr. Edith Doron
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The Spaceship Solution: How museums can use experimental technology to solve problems

By Erica Harmon
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American Alliance of Museums Releases TrendsWatch, A Look At the Future of Museums

By American Alliance of Museums
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Category: Press Release
For Immediate Release Arlington, VA – March 19, 2019 – Trust in government, media, academia, industry, and even nonprofit organizations is at an all-time low. Given these declines, how can …

Reflections on the Historic House Summit from Scholarship Attendee Abigail Winslow

By Abigail Winslow
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Category: Alliance Blog
On February 3-5, 2019, AAM’s Historic Houses and Sites and Environment and Climate networks hosted a rare convening of experts at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida, for …

Meet the #AAM2019 Social Media Journalists

By Cecelia Walls
Category: 2019 Annual Meeting
Selected from a stellar pool of applicants who are passionate about museums, social activism, sustainability, diversity, and social media, this year’s cohort of Social Media …