COVID-19

The below list is a compilation of content related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

Curatorial Dreaming in the Age of COVID-19

By Erica Lehrer and Shelley Ruth Butler

The Museums and Equity in Times of Crisis series explores how museums can center diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in the decisions and plans they make for weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, professors and …
How to Get Ready to Open the Doors

By Elizabeth Merritt

Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field: These resources have been taken out from behind the member paywall to make them free and accessible for all. The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural …
Lessons Learned from SARS: How Museums Emerge After Crisis

By American Alliance of Museums

< Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field: This, and other COVID-19 resources, have been taken out from behind the member paywall to make them free and accessible for all. The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll …
“The museum we closed will not be the museum we reopen.”

By Scott Stulen

Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. The Alliance Blog is supported by membership dues and donations. In these …
Seeking Self-Care Solutions, for COVID-19 and Beyond

By Reggie Lynch and Meriel Stokoe

Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. The Alliance Blog is supported by membership dues and donations. In these …
Earth Day during COVID-19: Green Tips for Closed Museums

By Joyce S. Lee

In 2020, Earth Day falls during a time when much of the coronavirus-stricken world is staying at home. Every part of the global community is impacted, and museums have been hit particularly hard. Meanwhile, we find ourselves living in a …
Introducing the Museum Distance Learning Repository

By Sarah Jencks

When our institutions shut their doors for the foreseeable future just over a month ago, museum educators did what they do best. That is to say, we pivoted. Across the continent—and around the world—those of us who spend our days designing …
What Does a Welcoming Online Collections Portal Look Like?

By Cassi Tucker

In late February 2020, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University became the latest institution to launch an online collections portal, a feature that is increasingly expected of art museums. Built on our existing …
A Small Museum’s Rapid Response Collecting Project for COVID-19

By Anne Raymond

For historians, there is history in the making at any given moment. The life events, triumphs, and tragedies we experience and record help us define our ever-changing world for generations to come. So, when the coronavirus began affecting …
Culture and Community in a Time of Crisis: Join a National Audience Research Collaboration

By Elizabeth Merritt

As museums navigate the coming months and plan for reopening, they find themselves both deluged with too much information and sorely lacking critical data to inform their decision-making. Your news feeds are probably flooded with stories …