Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

For Museum Leaders Who Want to Do Better

By Andrew Plumley

In the midst of a pandemic that has brought an incredible amount of pain and suffering to so many of us, I know there’s a lot on your plate as a leader, and you are being pulled in multiple directions. However, it is critical that you …
“We Have a Unique Duty to Listen”: Read the Full June 1 Remarks

By Laura Lott

Prepared Remarks of Laura L. Lott President & CEO of the American Alliance of Museums General Session of the 2020 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo June 1, 2020 Good morning and welcome to the continuation of the first American …
Now Is the Time to Rebuild a Better Museum Field

By Laura Lott

Prepared Remarks of Laura L. Lott President & CEO of the American Alliance of Museums Opening General Session of the 2020 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo May 18, 2020 Hello! And welcome to the first-ever virtual AAM Annual Meeting …
Prioritizing Image Descriptions and Digital Equity at Cooper Hewitt

By Ruth Starr

During this time of crisis, it has never been more important to center access, equity, and inclusion in our response to the unknown. As we adapt quickly and shift our focus online, it is essential that we prioritize and commit to …
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 …
Museums and Equity in Times of Crisis

By Andrew Plumley

Just weeks ago, many of us in the museum field were in our offices, in the halls of our institutions, outside on our grounds, or observing nature at our zoos or aquariums. Now we are in a new place. We are in an unprecedented time in our …
Telling Trans Stories Through Collections and Exhibitions

By American Alliance of Museums

View this recorded webinar organized by the co-chairs of the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance’s Task Force for Transgender Inclusion, panelists Margaret Middleton and Eric Feingold share their experiences and answer questions, giving participants …
International Museum Day 2020 Goes Digital and Spotlights “Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion”

By Deborah Ziska

From celebrating tribal traditions in Kenya to reconnecting with immigrant roots in Taiwan, tens of thousands of museums all over the world held International Museum Day activities in 2019. This year, however, the fortieth anniversary of …
Museopunks Episode 43: How do we live in turbulent times?

By Cecelia Walls

Even before a pandemic changed everything, we were living in turbulent times. Extreme partisanship defines politics in many countries, inequality grows even wealthy countries, and faith in institutions is diminishing. How do museums create …
Quantifying a Commitment to Representation

By Matthew McLendon

I realized last summer that after twenty years in the museum field, I felt deeply frustrated. When I enrolled in my first museum studies classes in the late 1990s, there were audible and inspiring calls to increase diversity in museums. …