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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 …
Emerging From Crisis

By Arthur Cohen

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. One of the largest audience research studies aims to help cultural institutions remain relevant through the pandemic and …
Space for Civic Dialogue

By Jacqueline Stahlmann

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. A public education program at the Walker Art Center involving local artists invites community conversation on immigration …
Rising to the Challenge

By Mary Ellen Collins

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, museums are broadening their missions to serve community needs. Baking bread, …
Making the Abstract Real

By Nik Apostolides

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The US Capitol Visitor Center engages student audiences near and far in civics education. If—to quote the title of a …