Community Engagement & Impact

The Museum of Street Culture

One national trend I’ve been tracking is the recent rise in people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. On any given night over a half million people in the US are coping with …

How Can Museums Empower Communities? TACA Perforum

Elizabeth Merritt

Why Museums Should Be Proud Polling Sites

Learning Cultural Competence

Jenni Martin

20 Museums Tapped for Initiative to Create Learning Opportunities For Older Adults

Joseph Klem

Collections 2030 – What Future for Museum Collections in the UK?

Alistair Brown

Beyond the Block: Empowering Incarcerated Artists

Michael Berlucchi

Can civic museums become catalysts for social change?

Becca Antink, Thersa

Backpack-Sized Archiving Kit Empowers Community Historians to Record Local Narratives

Allison Meier, Hyperallergic

Are Participant Demographics the Most Useful Single Measure of Community Impact?

Nina Simon, Museumtwo

How a Museum is using American Artifacts to help Immigrants Become Citizens

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Making SPACE: An innovative high school program creating artists and winning awards

Lydia Ross and Ricardo Gamboa

Education & Interpretation

This post originally appeared on the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) DNA blog on October 3, 2018, and is republished here with permission. Each year AAM’s Education Committee (EdCom) …

Museums are curating an era of social movements in real time

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Influence of Museums

Approximately 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017 alone. For families hurt by addiction, the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire has created an unprecedented program that …