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From the President and CEO: Adapting to Community Needs

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Distrust and skepticism in many of our country’s institutions is increasing, making the fragility of trust painfully …
Recasting the Civic Imperative of the Museum

By Clémentine Deliss

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Liberating collections from their imperialist pasts can occur through a new model: the museum-university. As a curator …
Point of View: Museums Must Be More

By Richard West Jr.

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. ICOM’s definition of “museum” needs to take into account how the practice has changed and where it is heading. For the …
A Global View: 6 Essays from Around the World

By Wesam Mohamed, Milena Milošević Micić, Germán Paley, Ignacio Paravano, Rebeca Richter, and Dr. Winani Thebele

Deepest gratitude to the Getty Foundation, which has supported for over a decade the AAM-Getty International Program at the AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo to forge connections between museum professionals in the US and globally in a …
Point of View: A Better Future for Museums

By Mike Murawski

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The need for a human-centered approach to museum practice has never been more urgent. My own passion for change in …
From the President and CEO: Together We Will Recover

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. As I write this in early September, just over six months since COVID-19 began shuttering our museums, I look out at a …
Point of View: Why Creative Aging? It’s more than personal—it’s societal.

By Maura O’Malley

I began thinking about becoming “old” in my mid-40s when I was a caregiver for my energetic, intelligent, and creative aunt. Over the course of 10 years, while I was working in the K–12 arts education arena and raising a family, I moved …
Point of View: The Tao of Creative Aging

By Marjorie Schwarzer

Museums that offer creative aging programs can help their communities embrace happiness and combat ageism, creating a better quality of life fo…
Teaching Traditions

By Sara Lowenburg

The Louisiana State Museum engaged community culture bearers to lead classes in printmaking, drumming, and beading for ol…
From the President and CEO: Join the Creative Aging Movement

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Thanks to science and medical advances, humans are living longer than ever before and contributing in many new ways …