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Direct Care of Collections: Ethics, Guidelines, and Recommendations

By American Alliance of Museums

This article originally appeared in the July-August 2016 issue of Museum magazine. First issued in 2016, the white paper was updated in 2019 to reflect the updated FASB accounting standard that allows for direct care as well as …
Capture the Flag: the Struggle Over Representation and Identity

By Elizabeth Merritt

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2016 issue of Museum magazine. Exploring the social justice role of museums in the preservation and presentation of history and culture. “Take down the flag. Take it down now. Put it in a …
More than Just a Party: How the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boosted Participation by Young Adults

By Bob Harlow

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. Many arts organizations face a similar challenge—declining participation by young adults. The National Endowment for the Arts’ 2012 Survey of Public …
Labor 3.0: New Jobs or a Jobless Future?

By Elizabeth Merritt

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. This article is an excerpt from one chapter of TrendsWatch 2016, the Alliance’s annual deep dive into the future via the Center for the Future of …
The Millennial Museum

By Michael Cannell

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. Museums are finding new ways to engage young professionals, their future patrons—and donors. The group met at the designated rendezvous: a pharaoh …
Embracing Millennial Perspectives

By Colleen Dilenschneider

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. What Millennials want from the museums that employ them, and why museums should care. It seems the museum field is abuzz with insights on how to best …
Setting the Standard for LGBTQ Inclusion

By Renae Youngs

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. It’s a common assumption that the arts and culture fields are populated with LGBTQ folks who find welcoming working environments in museums, …
The Museum Sacrifice Measure

By Elizabeth Merritt

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. This article is adapted from a series of essays that first appeared on the Center for the Future of Museums Blog (futureofmuseums.blogspot.com). …
Bringing Self-Examination to the Center of Social Justice Work in Museums

By Rose Paquet Kinsley

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. We wrote a letter in response to the July/August 2015 issue of this magazine, which focused on themes of social justice. What follows here expands …
Keep Moving Forward

By Johnnetta Betsch Cole

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and a distinguished scholar, educator and humanitarian, …