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From the President and CEO: Getting Out of the Box

By Laura Lott

For generations, much of the American public has put museums in a box, seeing them as nice places to visit on occasions like annual school field trips but not community anchors essential to a thrivi…
Let’s Talk About It at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery

By Brent Carmack, Shannon Quist, and Laura Vilaret-Tuma

Working with community partners, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery has started a mental health conversation that has led to ongoing p…
Delivering on the Promise at the Speed Art Museum

By Toya Northington, The Speed Research Committee, and Roberto Visani

This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. The Speed Art Museum and outside experts developed a multidisciplinary program to explore the impact of race-based trauma and gun …
From Cultural Appropriation to Cultural Appreciation at the Center for Design and Material Culture

By Sarah Anne Carter, Carolee Dodge Francis, Carolyn Jenkinson, Joseph Jean, and Dakota Mace

Lessons from the Center for Design and Material Culture at the University of Wiscons…
Love in the Time of Climate Crisis at the Denver Botanic Gardens

By Jen Tobias

The case for using emotion and metaphor in exhibit…
From the President: The Subject of a Story

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. By the time you read this, I will have just joined hundreds of museum advocates on Capitol Hill for AAM’s annual Museums …
Point of View: The Stories We Weave

By Adina Langer

Storytelling in museums can be a tool of …
A Secret Mission at the Children’s Museum Houston

By Keith Ostfeld

At the Children’s Museum Houston, stories are hidden in p…
Historic Sotterley is Finding Common Ground

By Nancy Easterling

After a reinterpretation process, Historic Sotterley now tells the stories of all the people who lived o…
At The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation the Play’s the Thing

By Ellen Morgan Peltz and Peter Inker

With its museum theater program, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation cultivates creativity in interpretation without compromi…