Influence of Museums

Valuing and Creating Value: AAM’s Recent Internship Project

By Cecelia Walls

Do you enjoy reading Museum, the Alliance’s award-winning magazine? Well, if you do, we’re excited to tell you that we’ve been busy digitizing past feature articles and adding them to our website for members to enjoy! We …
Museopunks Episode 27: #MuseumsAreNotNeutral

By Suse Anderson

With a reticence towards partisan politics, museums are sometimes perceived to be neutral institutions, many avoiding taking a visible stand on issues. But can they really avoid being political when making choices about the allocation of …
New National Data Reveals the Economic Impact of Museums Is More than Double Previous Estimates

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release February 13, 2018 ARLINGTON, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released two groundbreaking reports revealing indisputable …
Museopunks Episode 24: Institutional Bravery

By Suse Anderson

Increasingly, it feels like progressive museum practice is also political museum practice. So what does it mean for a museum to take a stand, and put social justice at the heart of its work? In this episode, Suse talks with David Fleming, …
7 Museums to Visit During Hanukkah

By Cecelia Walls

As many of us know, we are currently in the midst of Hanukkah. As I think of my friends and colleagues celebrating the Jewish Festival of Lights, I am reminded of the many museums around the country dedicated to preserving and sharing this …
Tools and Resources in the Wake of Charlottesville

By Cecelia Walls

First, let me state how proud I am to work in a field where museums and other institutions (AAM included) publicly denounce hatred and bigotry. Simply knowing there are places that offer respite to those affected by violence and …
Museopunks Episode 19: The State Of Love And Trust

By Suse Anderson

Don’t call this a comeback! After an almost three-year hiatus, Museopunks returns to explore progressive museum practice. How much has changed since the ‘Punks last hit the airwaves? Does Jeffrey have any new tattoos? Has Suse lost her …
Museums for Social Justice

By David Fleming

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2014 issue of Museum magazine. Adapted from a Big Ideas presentation, May 20, 2014, at the AAM Annual Meeting in Seattle. In this spirit, the theme of the 2015 AAM Annual Meeting will be …
Fiero! Museums as Happiness Engineers

By Jane McGonigal

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2009 edition of Museum magazine. The future is elusive—but it’s still a topic of ceaseless speculation. It has been a constant of human nature across time and cultures to want to know …