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Inside Out, Outside In: A resilience model for museums offers strategies to address challenging realities.

By Anne W. Ackerson, Gail Anderson, and Dina A. Bailey

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 themselves not only as serving their community but …
Block By Block

By Maggie Hutcheson, and Nipuni Kuruppu

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, one neighborhood at a time. Spoken word migration …
Online and the Bottom Line

By Jared S. Scherer

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The California Academy of Sciences focused on digital fundraising in the age of COVID-19. The pandemic’s impact on the museum …
Landscape of Civil Rights

By Michael Epstein

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Free and Equal project created a museum-without-walls experience for the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park that …
Native Resilience

By Kate Beane, Amber Annis, and Rita Walaszek Arndt

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Minnesota Historical Society created a department to implement a strategy for Native American programs and services. Mni Sota, …
History is Healing: The Kansas City Museum is using restorative practices to develop exhibitions and programs for and with its community.

By Anna Marie Tutera and Paul Gutiérrez

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In 2015, the Kansas City Museum in Missouri began a multistage, multiyear restoration and renovation in partnership with the city, …
Point of View: Collaboration as Resilience

By Daniel Ronan

The Prairie State Museums Project is a model for future museum partnerships. In the spring of 2020, AAM announced that one in three museums could close permanently as a result of the pandemic. The International Council of Museums (ICOM) …
Point of View: The Era of Traditional Planning Is Over

By Elizabeth Merritt

“‘Inconceivable!’ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” —Mandy Patinkin, in the role of Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride This article which appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a …
From the President and CEO: Rebuilding for Our Future

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The past year has demonstrated where we, as a society, have found strength: in our capacity to care for one another, our …
Covid on Campus: How the pandemic is reshaping higher education.

By Elizabeth Merritt

“The Internet will save higher education, but it may kill your alma mater.” — John Katzman, education entrepreneur This article which appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership, is adapted from …