Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

Building Cultural Empathy

By Dr. Jay Xu

Dr. Jay Xu is Director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. As a passionate champion of Asian art and culture, Dr. Xu is committed to sharing his extensive knowledge of Asian art …
Transcripts and Captions for Digital Video

By jmorin

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Transcripts and Captions for Digital Video

By jmorin

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Women’s Locker Room Talk: Gender and Leadership in Museums

By Kaywin Feldman

Kaywin Feldman is the Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) since 2008. She also serves on the boards of National Arts Strategies, the Chipstone Foundation, and the American Alliance of …
Advancing Equity Through Arts and Culture

By Elizabeth Merritt

HI, Nicole here! Earlier this month, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion held by Cool Culture, a New York City cultural organization that encourages arts education by providing free access to local arts institutions for …
The Future is Diverse

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today’s guest post is jointly authored by members of the 2016 cohort of the History Museum Fellows Program—a partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) that engages students in studying the …
Futurist Friday: Superhuman

By Elizabeth Merritt

As you may have guessed from Wednesday’s wordless post, I’m glued to the Paralympics this week. Today I’m encouraging you to watch this trailer for the 2016 Paralympic games titled “We’re the …
Failing Forward: On Web Accessibility

By Robert Stein

So we’re a few weeks into the launch of our new Alliance Labs initiative here at AAM and already we’re learning a lot. In fact, the work of bringing our team together to launch this effort at all helped us to learn many different things. …
Rise and Shine: Early Morning Programs for People With Autism

By Greg Stevens

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2016 issue of Museum magazine. For people with autism and other sensory processing disorders (SPDs), visiting museums and other public sites can be a difficult experience. A variety …
Arresting Patterns

By Elizabeth Merritt

Last week we featured an essay by Sean Kelley on how the Eastern State Penitentiary has chosen to move away from neutrality and take a position on mass incarceration. Today curatorial and research assistant Brittany Webb shares how another …