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Call for Nominations: Zero Project 2019
I love to see museums and museum people winning awards and recognition outside our sector. Such accolades demonstrate the ability for museums to good in world-changing ways, and buffs the reputation of our field. For example, Rick Lowe, … -
Taking Museums to Where the People Are
Today’s guest post is by Charles Philipp, co-founder of MICRO, a nonprofit that creates free standing “mini museums” for public places. MICRO caught my attention for several reasons. Their installations are a great example of pop-up … -
How to Take Part in the Annual Meeting Even if You Can’t be in Arizona
The 2018 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo is a time to learn from and with thousands of your closest friends—museum enthusiasts, professionals, and newcomers to the scene. The scene changes from year to year within the US—at times … -
Museums for an Equitable Future
The museum sector often thinks about equity in terms of access to exhibits and educational programs. There is also a robust and growing movement to make museums’ digital assets, including documentation and images of collections, open and … -
Facing Change: A New Report from the American Alliance of Museums’ Working Group on DEAI
As director of inclusion at AAM, I help shape the Alliance’s strategic direction in our diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) focus area. I am responsible for leading our efforts in building sustainable, scalable programs … -
American Alliance of Museums Releases New Report to Guide Museums’ Work on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
For Immediate Release May 1, 2018 ARLINGTON, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released a first-of-its-kind report, Facing Change, that sets a … -
Encouraging Respectful, Productive Dialogues: Introducing AAM’s New Code of Conduct
Even before joining the staff at AAM, I closely followed AAM’s ongoing work in the field of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. As a member of the Membership department here at the Alliance, I was excited to have the … -
Museopunks Episode 26: Decolonize the Museum!
The vision of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, describes how the museum “will reflect and realize the values of decolonization in all of its practices, working with the Wabanaki Nations to share their stories, history, and culture … -
Seven Tips for Starting an Equitable and Inclusive Internship Program
Ayanna Reed is the Director of Human Resources at the Oakland Museum of California. One summer during my college years I interned for the Port of Oakland, one of largest shipping ports in the country. I was a business student at the time … -
Labor of Love: Revaluing Museum Work
This post was originally published on Medium, December 20, 2017. Over the last few years, museum workers have been increasingly vocal about job dissatisfaction. At the 2015 American Alliance of Museums (AAM) annual conference, several …
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