Future of Education

Cultivating Lifelong Appreciation

A look at teen programs that are preparing the next generation of museum visitors, staff, and supporters Here’s a sight every museum professional has witnessed: a wide-eyed elementary …
By Mary Ellen Collins

Building the Future of Education

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By Elizabeth Merritt

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Presented by: AAM's Education Committee
Creating a Cultural Equity Policy   An EdComversation with Inés Familiar-Miller, Jenny Marlowe, and Stephanie Silberman   The road to an equitable and inclusive arts sector begins with …
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Latest Stories from AAM

What Small Museums Need (& Don’t)

By Allison Titman
Accreditation
Over the course of 2016, ten small museums participated in an AAM pilot project called the Small Museum Accreditation Academy. The Academy, which was developed through a grant from the …

Designing an AI Voice for the Museum

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By Elizabeth Merritt
Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This is the second of two posts exploring IRIS+, an AI chatbot at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In part one, Daniel Morena, founder and creative technologist at of …

Can Art Help People Feel The Devastation Of Climate Change?

By Amy Brady, Pacific Standard
Environmental Sustainability
In early 2018, a small gallery at the Parsons School of Design in Lower Manhattan glowed with a bluish-green light. It emanated from an art installation by Peggy Weil titled 88 Cores, which …