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COVID-19
The below list is a compilation of content related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis
Blues on the Block: Connecting Communities through Live Music, Rhythm, and Public Health
The National Blues Museum was one of ninety-one museums, libraries, and cultural or tribal organizations that leveraged their position as trusted community partners to help bolster …
Transferring Trust: An Art-Based Public Health Campaign Reveals the Key to Community Resilience
It’s no secret that the pandemic hit certain communities harder than others. Disasters—be they environmental, social, or public-health-related—often have this effect, exposing inequity both …
Immersive Experiences in Museums: A Look at Art Windsor-Essex’s “Against the Current”
To say that a lot has changed for cultural institutions and museums in the past few years is an understatement. This is a time when visitors, who have spent the last two years enduring a …
What University Museum Educators Have Learned from the Pandemic
In this series of posts, EdCom’s Trends Committee is taking a deeper look at emerging phenomena identified in the 2021 edition of TrendsWatch from the Center for the Future of Museums. In …
Speak Up for Museums: Spring Advocacy Updates
Advocacy Alert – March 24, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Museums Advocacy Day: Museum Advocates Make Their Voices Heard Good News in FY 2022 Omnibus: Funding Increases for …
How a Rapid-Response Pop-Up Inspired New Notions of Audience and Community
The events of 2020 and 2021 forced museums to innovate in ways and at a speed that would have been unthinkable prior. Our hope is that 2022 brings about a time of reflection, where we take …
Crafting a Post-Disaster Experience: How Visitor Experience Staff Have Adapted to the Pandemic
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, museums everywhere have become more people-centric. Top-line conversations have centered on the thoughts and feelings of our visitors as we have …
The Future of Museum Labor: Exploring the Latest COVID Impact Data
Last week the Alliance released the results of our most recent snapshot of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on US museums. We launched this series of surveys in June 2020, a little over …
National Snapshot of COVID-19 Impact on United States Museums (fielded December 2021-January 2022)
The National Snapshot of COVID-19 Impact on United States Museums survey, conducted by AAM and Wilkening Consulting, was fielded December 8, 2021-January 20, 2022. Over 700 museum …
How will you speak up for museums in 2022?
Advocacy Alert – January 19, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Register Today: Museums Advocacy Day 2022 Registration Closes THIS Friday, January 21! Contact Congress: Urge Your …
In the Pandemic a New Museum Charter School is Born
Over the past two years, the pandemic has prompted museums to experiment with new products and services to meet the needs of their communities. Some of these experiments have turned out to …
MOCA now requires upgraded face coverings: No cloth masks
The Museum of Contemporary Art has a new dress code. No more cloth - masks, that is. The museum now requires all visitors to wear surgical, N95, KF94 or KN95 face masks when inside its …
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Ask an Expert: What Else Can We Digitize?
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Alliance Blog
With the new needs imposed by the pandemic, museums have seen considerable digital growth over the past few years. Not only have they begun to deliver more content and programming online, …
Salary Transparency in Job Postings: One Museum’s Journey
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For the past several years, the Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) has been working to draft a long-range DEI&A strategic plan, with input from the museum’s cross-departmental DEI Matrix …
A House Museum Built for the Digital Age
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The museum sector went into the pandemic ill-prepared to use digital strategies to keep themselves afloat, but many museums that had begun to experiment with how digital could enhance or …