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Museum Apprenticeships as Entry Points for Future Leaders
Earlier this year, the National Council of Nonprofits released a report documenting that workforce shortages continue to be a major problem for US nonprofits. The report also identified …
Recruiting for Hard-to-Fill Positions in Museums Tipsheet
This tipsheet was developed by Dana P. Hundley (she/her), recruiting and people program consultant. Dana has recruited across industries, job functions and experience levels in agency, …
Interview Tips for Landing Your Dream Museum Job
The American Alliance of Museums offers the following guidance from former director of human resources, Katherine McNamee, and AAM hiring managers, Rachel Lee, Cecelia Walls, and Joseph …
Working with Independent Museum Professionals
This guide was developed by the former American Alliance of Museums’ Independent Museum Professionals Network in partnership with the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists …
Taking a Stand: A Q&A with Micah Parzen, CEO of the Museum of Us
While for some museums the pandemic was a wake-up call to reimagine how they engaged and served their communities, for others it was an opportunity to go deeper. One of those museums, the …
4 Ideas to Create Linguistic Accessibility at Museums
Though the word “accessibility” has often been equated with giving access to those with disabilities, it can also mean something broader. Accessibility means looking at everything we create …
At the Barnes Foundation, Internal Internships Support Frontline Staff
What can be even better than a museum making a successful hire? Keeping the experienced, well-trained staff it already has. The Alliance’s soon-to-be-released latest snapshot survey …
Are Stay Interviews Worth the Effort?
With the tight labor market this year, a popular topic in human resources circles has been the practice of conducting “stay interviews,” which CNBC predicted last fall would be “the big …
A Collection of Resources by and for BIPOC Museum Professionals
A search for “diversity and inclusion” on the job portal Indeed produces over two thousand pages of results across public, private, and nonprofit organizations. The titles and …
Salary Transparency in Job Postings: One Museum’s Journey
For the past several years, the Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) has been working to draft a long-range DEI&A strategic plan, with input from the museum’s cross-departmental DEI Matrix …
Museums and the Living Wage: How Filoli Developed a Bold Pay Equity Initiative
Each year CFM’s TrendsWatch brings attention to bear on critical issues for museums, challenging our sector to think about how we might adapt to a rapidly changing environment. Examining a …
How Do You Design a Fair and Effective Compensation Program?
At AAM, we were fortunate to have leadership’s support from the very beginning, and although the analysis did require a significant time commitment, it has been a worthwhile investment. …
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Cost of Admissions and Museum Visitation: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the …
Getting Civic with Gen Z: A Q&A with Caroline Klibanoff of Made By Us
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As museum staff, our workdays are filled with time-consuming tasks, our to-do lists constantly expanding with emails to write, memos to produce, projects to advance, and programs to put on. …
Historical Connections: Working with Living Artists in the Museum Setting
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Since its founding in 1961, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) has championed the voices of American artists, openly sharing their creativity by providing the public with …