Point of View: Harnessing an Untapped Power
Museums can use emotions to encourage empathy, inspire action, and build …
From the President: Practicing Empathetic Leadership
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Like many of you, my family and I have really missed going to museums. Until last spring, I was averaging a museum visit a …
A National Collaboration Unites Black Museums in Celebration of Juneteenth
African American museums across the country bear a glorious responsibility to educate and engage, to inform and inspire, to bring together and build. As anchors for this engagement throughout the year, we celebrate cultural holidays, from …
Point of View: Collaboration as Resilience
The Prairie State Museums Project is a model for future museum partnerships. In the spring of 2020, AAM announced that one in three museums could close permanently as a result of the pandemic. The International Council of Museums (ICOM) …
From the President and CEO: Resilient, Together
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. What does resiliency mean for a community, a museum, or the field at large? It was just over a year ago when the in-person AAM …
How the Frazier History Museum Is “Bridging the Divide” in Its City
The Frazier History Museum is located on Main Street in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, at the corner of Ninth Street. What makes our address significant, historically significant, is that Ninth Street has long been known as the “Ninth …
From the President and CEO: Rebuilding for Our Future
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The past year has demonstrated where we, as a society, have found strength: in our capacity to care for one another, our …
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2020
If 2019 was a “whirlwind year,” 2020 was a full-blown tornado. Forces that had been gathering speed in the museum field—like growing emphases on digital content and diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion—came to a dramatic head …
An End-of-Year Message from Laura Lott, AAM President and CEO
Hello AAMers, I’m sending this video today to reflect with you on this historic year. It has tested us in ways few of us could have imagined. Probably like you, I have uttered a few four-letter words this year. And while it’s clear the …
Curiosity: A Primer
In the museum field, we sometimes talk about how we are in the “curiosity business.” Yet even still, it often feels that our field perceives nurturing curiosity as “nice” work, rather than “necessary” …
