Exhibitions

Making Mysteries

By Don Wildman

This article originally appeared in the 2013 September/October 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. Don Wildman, host of the hugely popular Travel Channel series, Mysteries at the Museum, came to the Alliance Annual Meeting & Museum …
We Hacked a Museum Exhibition

By Elizabeth Merritt

You may have been following Nina Simon’s account of the Hack the Museum Camp recently hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, or perhaps you read Paul Orselli’s letter from camp. Today Maria Mortati, who facilitated the event …
Unfinished Business

By Heather Radke

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. An adult diaper, a pill box, a plain spiral notebook, a yellow sponge, a mess of bank documents, a photo album, a broom. Each of these items rests in a …
The Concept of An Exhibition

By Tom Klobe

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. An excerpt from Exhibitions · Concept Planning and Design, The AAM Press, 2012. Museum objects are like words-they make sense only when they are organized …
Pop-ups and Emerging Museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

Recent posts on the CFM Blog on pop-up museums & exhibits have provoked a lot of interest, so I invited Katie Spencer, executive director of the Museum of Durham History, to contribute yet another perspective. Her museum, still under …
Finding Community: Engaging Diverse Audiences in a Historic House

By Elizabeth Merritt

In April, 2007, a small but influential group of historic house professionals, association and foundation staff gathered at Kykuit, the historic Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills, NY, for the Forum on Historic Site Stewardship in the …
No Place Like Home

By Dan Erickson

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Outsourcing exhibits rather than producing them in-house may seem like a money-saving strategy, but it may actually cost …
Innovation Lab for Museums: Third of a Four-part Series

By Joel Tan and Mei-ling Humphrey

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. Museum has been chronicling the progress of the Alliance’s Innovation Lab for Museums, a grant-funded program that enables participants to …
Sleuths in the City

By Mark Scheerer

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. A History Museum Just For Kids “This is awesome! You’ve gotta see this,” a fourth-grader squeals to her friend, pointing to …
Graceland Stands Apart

By Gary Vikan

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. Excerpt, From The Holy Land to Grace/and: Sacred People, Places and Things in Our Lives, The AAM Press, 2012. What makes Graceland unique among …