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How the Delaware Art Museum is Centering Community Voices in Interpretive Planning
In 2018, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) began a radically inclusive approach to reinstallation planning, integrating community voices at every stage through focus groups, iterative prototyping, and community-created content. But before … -
Looking Within: AAM’s Internal DEAI Work
Most of you reading this probably know about Facing Change, AAM’s multi-year initiative to increase the diversity of museum boards and ultimately create more diverse, equitable, accessible, and inclusive museum cultures. But alongside any … -
Inviting Engagement: Front-of-House Workers Become Online Content Creators
After announcing our free admission initiative in January 2020, MOCA’s lobby was a bustling hive of activity. Visitor engagement staff welcomed attendees by scanning their tickets and orienting them to exhibitions, rules, and amenities. … -
Inside Out, Outside In: A resilience model for museums offers strategies to address challenging realities.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. “For museums, the choice is either resilience or irrelevance. When museums see themselves not only as serving their community but … -
Landscape of Civil Rights
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Free and Equal project created a museum-without-walls experience for the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park that … -
Native Resilience
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Minnesota Historical Society created a department to implement a strategy for Native American programs and services. Mni Sota, … -
History is Healing: The Kansas City Museum is using restorative practices to develop exhibitions and programs for and with its community.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In 2015, the Kansas City Museum in Missouri began a multistage, multiyear restoration and renovation in partnership with the city, … -
How Volunteer Programs Are Embracing Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
One of the most powerful ways for the public to engage with museums is not as visitors. It’s as volunteers. Here’s why: the volunteer experience is direct and immediate. Volunteers spend extensive time within their chosen museums, getting … -
Empathy Interventions: Mia Experiments with Cultivating Empathy in Museum Visitors
Can the visual arts foster empathy and understanding? From our experiences as art museum educators, we believe they can, but there is little empirical research to support this theory. So, in 2017, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), … -
It Is Time to Include AANHPIs In Museum Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Efforts
Over the past year, we have all witnessed the increasing acts of hate and violence against Asian Americans, particularly against women and the elderly. Some have tried to cast these incidents as a new trend. Yet, for those of us who …
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