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Point of View: Harnessing an Untapped Power

By Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

Museums can use emotions to encourage empathy, inspire action, and build …
Empathy Check (and why it’s not a cliché)

By Victoria Edwards

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

By Pablo P. L. Tinio

Psychological science offers myriad opportunities for measuring emotional responses to the museum …
From the President: Practicing Empathetic Leadership

By Laura Lott

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

By Heike Winterheld and Josh Gutwill

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.

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, …