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Content Warnings in Museums and Galleries: Taking a Proactive Approach
I began writing and speaking about the need for trauma-informed practices in museums several years ago, and while I haven’t seen any big changes in the time since, I have seen small shifts …
Mental Health for All
This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and …
A Guided Wellness Workshop for Taking Care of Yourself Before Your Communities
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to join the AAM team for two wellness sessions in the lead-up to May’s Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Given the meeting’s wellness-focused theme, …
Supporting Staff Well-being in a Partisan Time
Growing partisan tensions and increasing public tendencies to engage in hostility and rudeness are adding to the stress faced by museums’ frontline staff. How can museums protect …
Climate Action Heroes: How National Children’s Museum Is Empowering the Next Generation of Climate Innovators
African American students walking out of school to march for equal rights in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Eight-year-old activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins climbing out of her wheelchair …
LatinX Therapists Directory
This directory from Latinx Therapists Network includes culturally grounded, Latinx mental health practitioners who believe in the human right and dignity of Latinx communities and Latinx …
Brown Girl Self-Care Co.
The mission of the Brown Girl Self-Care Company is to affirm and uplift Black women as they do the important work of resting, healing, and living abundantly. According to the founder, Bre, …
A Guide to Providing Mental Health Services to Immigrants Impacted by Changes to DACA and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Informed Immigrant offers these practical and useful guidelines on providing mental health services to immigrants impacted by DACA and COVID-19 which include a helpful table o…
Sticks and Stones: Bullying in Museums
The UK Museums Association compiled this resource to help managers and leaders in dealing with and managing bullying in the workplace and includes findings from an effort to research the …
Museum Health and Safety Management Policy
The Natural History Museum in London, England has posted the full contents of its Museum Health and Safety Management Policy. It contains three parts. Part one outlines the museum’s pledge …
Chapter 11: Curatorial Health and Safety of the museum handbook
The National Park Service provides information on occupational health and safety hazards unique to museum work. This resource was collected from an organization in the nonprofit or museum …
Supporting the Mental Health of Museum Staff Tipsheet
The American Alliance of Museums offers the following guidance from Ann Fortescue, Executive Director, International Museum of Art & Science. It is adapted from a blog post and …
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Advocacy Alert – July 19, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: URGENT! Oppose Drastic House Funding Cuts to IMLS #InviteCongress 2024: Use Our How-To Guide to Participate Civic …
Creating Inclusive Tours: Five Strategies for Engaging English Learning Visitors in Museums
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If working at a big art museum taught me one thing, it is how unexpectedly diverse visitor groups can be, both culturally and linguistically. As a museum educator with a thick accent …
Creating Access, Inclusion, and Belonging through Language
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This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Panelists in this session share how they incorporate Spanish language into visitor and staff experiences. …