Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

Ageism is All Around Us

By Bill Tramposch

Greetings! This is my second blog as Aroha Fellow for Museums and Creative Aging, and I begin by reiterating my invitation to meet colleagues who share an interest in creative aging during the 2019 AAM Annual Meeting in New Orleans this …
A Fellowship Helps One Emerging Professional Find Her Footing

By Asmaa Walton

Art has been a part of my life since very early on. When I was around four, my mother began working at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and I spent many hours after school and on weekends there with her hanging out in her office. Even at …
Outside the Collection Box: Connecting community with collections via augmented reality

By M. Anne Basham

Immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and cross reality (XR) are quickly gaining momentum as a mass media tool deployable in all areas of industry and society, which has …
Meet Marabou! The furry, friendly creature reimagining the museum

By Megan Elevado

When you visit a museum, do you feel empowered? Do you feel like you have authority and control of your experience? That’s why Marabou is here: to remind us that we all have agency in our museum experiences. Marabou is a rainbow-colored …
Trans Allyship 101

By American Alliance of Museums

View this recorded webinar organized by the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance. LGBTQ+ Alliance Chairperson Anna Woten, and Task Force for Transgender Inclusion Co-chairs Alison Kennedy and Alex Lussenhop discuss the basics of being an active ally of the …
Hiring Tips to Create Value and Inclusion for all Disciplines in Museums

By Ayanna Reed

There are qualified and diverse candidates out there who may not be aware that museums are a sustainable career option for them—it’s our job as a field to recruit and retain this virtually untapped market. One important way to achieve this …
Join the Conversation on Museums and Creative Aging

By Bill Tramposch

Calling all kindred spirits! Museums and the field of “creative aging” have a wonderful future together. As Aroha Fellow for Museums and Creative Aging for the next two years, I would like to explain clearly the intents of our …
Museums as a Pink Collar Profession

By Joan Baldwin

This week, my colleagues at GEMM (the Gender Equity in Museums Movement) published their second white paper, Museums as a Pink Collar Profession. GEMM’s paper poses some complex questions about our field. Among other things, it asks …
The Mission-Driven Café: When doing the wrong thing is the right thing to do

By Larry Bain

Ask most museum directors, restaurant consultants, and other knowledgeable folks and they will tell you: “Hire an outside food-service company to run your café.” Well, that makes perfect sense—that is what most museums choose to do. The …
Introducing our Aroha Fellow for Museums & Creative Aging

By Bill Tramposch

I am pleased to announce that, with support from Aroha Philanthropies, the Alliance is launching an initiative to explore how museums can engage with the rapidly-growing field of creative aging. Our new Aroha Fellow for Museums and …