After Louvre Abu Dhabi: Dreams of Potential Partnerships for Cultural Exchange
We watched the opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi a few months ago, many having followed the saga surrounding the establishment of the new museum in the Gulf since its official announcement in January 2007. In spite of the politics, money, and …
Designing an AI Voice for the Museum
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 32Bits, described the program, how it operates, and how …
Interested in International Museum Partnerships? Download the Museums Connect Evaluation Report
Download your free copy of the Museums Connect Evaluation Findings. In 2017, the Alliance received funding from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to assess the impact of Museums Connect, a global …
A Journey to China
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of Museum magazine. The American Alliance of Museums strives to foster global connections and exchange to spark relationships across borders, broaden perspectives, and …
Reimagining the Museum in Medellín 2017
This week the Reimagining the Museum Conference of the Americas kicked off in Medellín, Colombia bringing together more than 600 museum professionals, from Argentina to Canada and around the world, to discuss the role of museums as social …
When the global is local: building a world-class museum in Mogadishu, Minnesota
Our institutions are all asking that question: How can we build our museum’s audience as our communities are changing? I serve as Outreach & Development Director at the Somali Museum of Minnesota, the first museum celebrating the art …
Gabriela’s Bridge: Connecting Connecticut and Amazonian Brazil
William E. Jeffries, III is the director of strategic initiatives at Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Connecticut. The media has been permeated recently with stories that suggest an increase in physical and social barriers …
Museum Education: China’s Next Big Build-Out?
Sarah Jesse is the Associate Vice President of Education at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where she oversees intergenerational, youth, student, teacher, and community programs. This is the first in a three-part series sharing …
Museum Leadership, Organizational Readiness, and Institutional Transformation
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2017 edition of Museum magazine. This case study was a part of a series on museum leadership, developed for the career and leadership management workshop for participants in the …
What Are You Going to Build?: Creating a ‘Brighter World’ through International Exchange
We stood near the back of a crowded art room surrounded by mismatched couches and stools where students fresh out of class and/or work for the day were seated: one rummaging through her backpack, a few typing away on their smartphones, …
