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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 last spring, I was averaging a museum visit a … -
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 themselves not only as serving their community but … -
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, one neighborhood at a time. Spoken word migration … -
Online and the Bottom Line
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 …
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