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Reduce Uncertainty, Increase Confidence: How Internal Audit Supports Museums’ Success
We’ve all seen the dreaded headlines: “How many treasures have been stolen from the British Museum?” “Grief and Anger Mingle After Devastating Brazil Museum Fire” “How the Mona Lisa almost …
The Greater Good: A Q&A with Author Sandy Skees on Purpose
If you know me and follow this series, you probably know about my obsession with purpose and its power to make good organizations great. When I come across a book or article on purpose, I …
Learning from the Double Diamond: How Divergent and Convergent Thinking Can Improve Collaboration and Problem-Solving in Museums
Have you ever been in a meeting and thrown out an idea, only to have a colleague start listing all the reasons it won’t work? Or maybe you’ve thought of one in your head, only to …
Resilience for Museums: Strategies to Address Challenging Realities
Times of extraordinary change and disruption demand flexibility, humility, perseverance, self-reflection, and responsiveness of museum leaders. Agile leadership requires mapping out a …
What Happens When Museums Close
Watch this recorded discussion about what happens when museums close from the 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Senior leaders with firsthand experience at a museum that has closed (or come …
Assess for Success
The AAM Museum Assessment Program inspired the Janet Turner Print Museum to expand its programming, collection, and collaboration with campus and commun…
How a Disturbing Historical Discovery Inspired a New Mission at Old North Foundation
The enduring fame of the Old North Church in Boston began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when church sexton Robert Newman and vestryman Capt. John Pulling Jr. climbed the steeple and …
How the Museum of Science and History in Memphis Used the Pandemic to Springboard Its Strategic Plan
By the time the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis had already started a radical reshaping of its image, structure, and programming. When I began as Executive …
A Futures Approach to Museum Planning
Nothing gives me greater joy than learning how the futurist materials created by CFM have helped museums and museum people in their work. Today on the blog, Ty Smith and Jeremy Taylor tell …
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Gen Z Has Entered the Chat: What We Want from Museums
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One hundred members of the Youth250 Bureau offer free advice to museums seeking to reach young adults. When it comes to engaging Gen Z in museums, I know it’s not always easy. My generation …
Making membership easy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
This post is an advertorial written by an organization that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs …
June Advocacy Alert: Invite Congress, Policy Updates, and More
Advocacy Alert – June 13, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Invite Congress: Show Congress Firsthand the Value of Your Museum Members of Congress are in their home districts the …