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The Indigenous Museum Model

By Michael Reinschmidt

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. Native museums face sustainability challenges but lead the way. The majority of today’s Native American museums are relatively young organizations …
How Does Your Garden Grow?

By Patsy Benveniste, Sharon Lee and Donald A. Rakow

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. Managed landscapes at museums enhance the visitor experience. When visitors step into an urban museum with its front door just off the sidewalk or at the …
I Have A Confession: I’m An Adult

By Winifred Kehl

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. How can science museums welcome grown-ups? I don’t have children, but I like to go to science museums and play with the exhibits. You might think …
Chang Tang Nature Reserve

By George B. Schaller, Ph.D.

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2013 edition of the Museum Magazine. This center of heaven, This core of the earth, This heart of the world, Fenced round with snow, The headland of all rivers, Where the mountains are high …
How Can We Create an Excellent Volunteer Program?

By Cecelia Walls

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Museum volunteers are critical resources in supporting visitor services, program functions and other aspects of museum work. As …
Security Lessons: What can we learn from the Rotterdam Heist?

By Tom Klobe

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. In the early morning hours of October 16, 2012, two unidentified thieves broke into the Rotterdam Kunsthal Museum through a back emergency exit door. They …
Innovation Lab for Museums

By Judy Koke and Ryan Crisp

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. Fourth of A Four-Part Series Following is the final installment in our chronicle of the Alliance’s Innovation Lab for Museums. a grant-funded …
Back For More: Attracting Repeat Visitors to Single-Focus Museums

By Daniel Grant

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. In 1955, the 68-year-old socialite and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post bought a 36-room Georgian-style mansion on a 25-acre estate in the …
Democracy in 3D: Making Natural History Accessible to All

By Herbert Maschner

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. When the digital age transitioned into the 21st century, the coupling of incredible advancements in interactive technologies with the global exchange of …
The Concept of An Exhibition

By Tom Klobe

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. An excerpt from Exhibitions · Concept Planning and Design, The AAM Press, 2012. Museum objects are like words-they make sense only when they are organized …