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Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
An Investment in Our Collective Future: Building for Staff Advancement from the Inside Out
With the worst of pandemic disruptions behind us (we hope) some museums are using this as an opportunity to rethink their operations, rather than simply rebounding to the previous norm. …
Pushing the Boundaries
The Whitney Plantation Museum confronts the truth of its history in all facets of its …
Beyond the Museum Walls
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Queens Museum serves as a community anchor by embracing porosity, …
The Strong gives children in hospital robotic access to museum
The Strong National Museum of Play has joined a network of cultural institutions partnering with the WeGo Foundation, which provides fully controllable robots that hospitalized children can …
Telling overlooked stories at New-York Historical Society
In an in-depth interview with Blooloop, New-York Historical Society President & CEO Louise Mirrer shares her philosophy on telling history, with the goal to unearth underlooked stories …
With the Help of MAP, the Manassas Museum Met Its Changing Community’s Needs
Through the Museum Assessment Program, museums gain perspective on how to improve core areas of their operations, with a combination of guided self-reflection and close consultation with an …
How a Disturbing Historical Discovery Inspired a New Mission at Old North Foundation
The enduring fame of the Old North Church in Boston began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when church sexton Robert Newman and vestryman Capt. John Pulling Jr. climbed the steeple and …
#AAM2021 Elevate Stage Session: More Than Words—Solidarity Statements in Action
When it comes to structural racism, museums must be honest about their past mistakes, including how they will address them and what they believe in now. Sites of Conscience members will …
#AAM2021 Elevate Stage Session: Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity on Museum Boards
How do we diversify the makeup of museum boards while promoting artists, curators, leaders, and museums who preserve and tell the stories of people of color? Many museums are challenged …
From Preservation to Participation: The Journey of Sandy Spring Museum
Many museums think that serving the needs of more ethnically diverse constituents will lose them “traditional” audience and supporters, but at Sandy Spring Museum (SSM), we’ve found just …
What Does a Truly Equitable Recruiting Process Look Like?
A few years ago, AAM began a journey to re-evaluate our recruitment process and do more to encourage a diverse applicant pool for our job openings. As a result, we overhauled our …
Crowdsourced Resources on Museums & Creative Aging
IMHO, the best thing about webinars—a feature not replicated by live events—is the chat room. Chat offers the thrill of passing notes in class, but with the explicit validation of the …