Financial Sustainability

Labor Pains at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

One might think that a new restaurant chain called “Now Hiring” has opened in urban centers across the nation. Especially in the Bay Area, the blessing of “full employment” has become a …

Meet Me in Miami to Explore Museums and AI

Elizabeth Merritt

Capturing the Spirit of the Field Museum

Elizabeth Merritt

On Cross Collecting, or Cross-Over Buying

David Bellingham, Sothebysinstitute

How AI Is Changing Sales

At LACMA, new urgency to finish raising $650 million for the new museum building

Deborah Vankin, latimes.com

Can civic museums become catalysts for social change?

Becca Antink, Thersa

Grant Opportunity: Museums & Creative Aging

Elizabeth Merritt

Is “Tax-exempt” Becoming a Dirty Word?

Elizabeth Merritt

Commerce vs. Curation: Lessons From Today’s Museums World

Scott Reyburn, Nytimes

The mirage of riches in museums’ vaults

Martin Gammon, The Art Newspaper

Sharing Outcomes from “Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar” – Opening remarks by Laura Lott

Laura Lott

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Presented by: AAM Environment and Climate Network

Join us for a 30-minute session to review the purpose of the We Are Still In coalition and how cultural institutions and museum associations can play an active role in climate action. We …

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Hartford, CT

Presented by: Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation - Connecting to Collections Care

Presented by: Museum Trustee Association

Hartford, CT

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The Joker in the Museum Planning Pack

Elizabeth Merritt

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

The fourth and final installment of TrendsWatch 2018’s scenarios of the future is now up on the web. Wild Times explores what might happen if fate deals our field an unexpected card: the …

Wild Times: In which social service nonprofits save the day.

Elizabeth Merritt

Future Forecasting

Introduction to This Scenario A wild card scenario explores the kind of low-probability, high-impact event that can disrupt the best-laid plans. Though you shouldn’t obsess about these …

A Case Study—in Progress—of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Brand Refresh

Linda Butler and Jennifer Sonderby

Mission & Institutional Planning

With the arrival of a new director and CEO in 2016, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco expanded its largely encyclopedic approach to art history by introducing a curatorial department …

Labor Pains at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

Meet Me in Miami to Explore Museums and AI

Capturing the Spirit of the Field Museum

On Cross Collecting, or Cross-Over Buying

How AI Is Changing Sales

At LACMA, new urgency to finish raising $650 million for the new museum building

Can civic museums become catalysts for social change?

Grant Opportunity: Museums & Creative Aging

Is “Tax-exempt” Becoming a Dirty Word?

Commerce vs. Curation: Lessons From Today’s Museums World

The mirage of riches in museums’ vaults

Sharing Outcomes from “Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar” – Opening remarks by Laura Lott

Upcoming Events

A Call to Action: We Are Still In

Director/Chairman Workshop

C2C Care Course: Preservation Methods and Materials for Exhibitions

Friday Forum

Latest Stories from AAM

The Joker in the Museum Planning Pack

Wild Times: In which social service nonprofits save the day.

A Case Study—in Progress—of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Brand Refresh

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