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Beyond the IT Office: Solving for Ethical AI in Cultural Institutions

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in museums is nothing new—we’ve seen iterations of it in exhibitions for almost a decade. …

Editor’s Letter: Ethics, the Spring 2025 issue of Exhibition journal

This letter by Exhibition‘s editor Jeanne Normand Goswami first appeared in Spring 2025 issue, Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of the full …

President’s Letter: Ethics, the Spring 2025 issue of Exhibition Journal

This letter by AAM President & CEO Marilyn Jackson first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of …

Book Review: Welcoming Museum Visitors with Unapparent Disabilities

This book review first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of the full upcoming issues or purchase …

Exhibition Critique: A Celebration and a Reclamation

This exhibition critique first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Exhibition information: Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s LegacyMorgan Library & Museum, New York, New …

Ethics and Materiality: A Case Study in Adobe

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. How do ethics inform and intersect with exhibition practices? For me, the question of ethics in the arts is …

Political Exhibitionists: Ethical Considerations in the Display of Political Art

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Contemporary art exhibitions have long been considered places where political ideas can be explored, a …

Iconic and Ethical? Approaches to the Exhibition of Pop Culture

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. The Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) in Seattle, Washington, stands at the intersection of popular culture and …

Designing To Inspire: Translating Empathy into Action

This op-ed first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your copy of the full upcoming issues …

Reflecting on Duty of Care: A New Floor, Not a Ceiling

This op-ed first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In January 2024, revised regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) went into …

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