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Museum Magazine
Museum magazine is our bi-monthly, award-winning magazine addressing the issues and challenges facing museums today. A selection of past Museum articles is available here to all. Join or renew your membership today to access the full digital archives.
Continuing to Grow
A nature journaling class at Naples Botanical Garden connects older adults to the institution, the natural world, and …
The Queer Perspective
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. An intergenerational LGBTQIA+ arts program at the Museum of …
Essential Programming
The Anchorage Museum’s “Vital & Creative” programs helped older adults engage in creative pursuits both in-person …
Building Emotional Intelligence Through Play
An exhibition at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh uses the movie Inside Out to teach children about thei…
Point of View: Harnessing an Untapped Power
Museums can use emotions to encourage empathy, inspire action, and build …
Empathy Check (and why it’s not a cliché)
An exhibition on African American women’s hair became a space for the African diasporic perspective to be seen, heard, valued, and better …
The Secrets of Emotion
Psychological science offers myriad opportunities for measuring emotional responses to the museum …
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 …
Invitation to Introspection
The Exploratorium’s free, outdoor exhibition helped people understand the factors that contribute to both compassion and po…
Inside Out Outside In: A resilience model for museums offers strategies to address challenging realities.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. “For museums, the choice is either resilience or irrelevance. When museums see …
Block By Block
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Toronto Ward Museum is building more inclusive cities through storytelling, …