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Museum Magazine
Museum magazine is our bi-monthly, award-winning magazine addressing the issues and challenges facing museums today. Learn more about the magazine. A selection of past Museum articles is available here to all. Join or renew your membership today to access the full digital archives.
Delivering on the Promise at the Speed Art Museum
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. The Speed Art Museum and outside experts developed a multidisciplinary program to …
From Cultural Appropriation to Cultural Appreciation at the Center for Design and Material Culture
Lessons from the Center for Design and Material Culture at the University of Wiscons…
Love in the Time of Climate Crisis at the Denver Botanic Gardens
The case for using emotion and metaphor in exhibit…
From the President: The Subject of a Story
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. By the time you read this, I will have just joined hundreds of museum …
A Secret Mission at the Children’s Museum Houston
At the Children’s Museum Houston, stories are hidden in p…
Historic Sotterley is Finding Common Ground
After a reinterpretation process, Historic Sotterley now tells the stories of all the people who lived o…
At The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation the Play’s the Thing
With its museum theater program, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation cultivates creativity in interpretation without compromi…
The National Museum of the American Indian-New York is Changing the Narrative
An exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian-New York uses comics to tell relatable stories of past and present Native N…
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center has a More Visceral Experience
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is preserving survivor oral histories for generations to come by using hologram and virtual reality …
Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparations
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. “I greatly appreciate learning about cultural objects, ancient …