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A Clear View: The Wellin Museum of Art creates a new model for the university museum
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. On a recent spring day on the campus of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art was a hive of activity, … -
All In The Family: It’s win-win when museums engage homeschoolers.
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. It’s 9:30 on a Tuesday morning, and already the museum shop of 19th-century author Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, part of a network of house … -
Unfinished Business
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. An adult diaper, a pill box, a plain spiral notebook, a yellow sponge, a mess of bank documents, a photo album, a broom. Each of these items rests in a … -
The Indigenous Museum Model
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?
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
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
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?
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?
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
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 …
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