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Re-Engaging the Past to Re-Envision the Future

By Redell R. Hearn

The Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College joined creative forces to spotlight civil rights issues, past and present. This article originally appeared in the January/February, 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of …
Point of View: Playground for the 1%

By John Wetenhall

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, we are making these articles free and …
A Liberatory Framework: Critical race theory can help museums commit to anti-racism and combat anti-blackness

By Porchia Moore

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, we are making these articles free and …
Point of View: Movements, Moments, and Museums

By Melanie Adams, PhD, and Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell

How Black Lives Matter can liberate museums. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, …
From the President and CEO: Museums and Racial Equality

By Laura Lott

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, we are making these articles free and …
A Watershed Moment: Lessons from #MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and MASS Action

By Adrianne Russell, Anniessa Antar, and Elisabeth Callihan

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, we are making these articles free and …
Building Audience with Intentionality

By Jamie O. Bosket

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Building_Audiences-1.mp3 Audio: Listen to an audio recording of this …
How Might We Transform?

By Rachel Ginsberg and Carolyn Royston

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Interaction Lab at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum seeks to re-envision visitor experience. The idea behind …
Setting A Higher Bar

By Josh Barr

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Since its inception, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum has focused on universal accessibility. Well before the …
The Digital Awakening

By Nik Honeysett

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Global disruption has demonstrated the need for a digital-first approach to online engagement. Those of us who have spent …