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Visitors with Vision Loss

By Nina Levent and Christine Reich

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Art Beyond Sight/Art Education for the Blind (ABS) encourages the visual arts to play a vital role in the lives of people who …
Water Under the Bridge: Crystal Bridges Defies Critics, Wins Hearts

By Michelle Bradford

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 edition of the Museum magazine Billionaire Businesswoman Alice Walton amassed a fortune because her father’s company helped Americans buy merchandise for less. While Walmart is …
A More Perfect Union: Museums Merge, Grow Stronger

By Martha Morris

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. Museums are living through extraordinary times, suffering from strained budgets, a drop in philanthropic support, dwindling government funding, …
A Greener Tomorrow: Museums Take Steps Toward Sustainability

By Stephanie Shapiro

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. According to AAM’s Code of Ethics for Museums, the common mission of our institutions is their “unique contribution to the public by …
LED Lighting

By James Druzik

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2012 issue of Museum magazine. Tungsten illumination—familiarly known as the traditional light bulb with a glowing tungsten filament— dominated indoor lighting during the early 20th century. …
PNC SmartHome: An Inspirational Exhibit of Extreme Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction

By David Beach

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2012 edition of Museum magazine. The term “natural history” often evokes a sense of the past, but increasingly The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) is showing the way …
Leadership At All Levels

By Elizabeth S. Pena

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2012 edition of Museum magazine. An excerpt from A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career, edited by Greg Stevens and Wendy Luke, The AAM Press, April 2012. When we think about museum …
Social Butterfly

By Cecelia Walls

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2012 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Today there are more than 800 million active individual users of Facebook and 30,000 Facebook pages for nonprofits, with these …
Fighting for Philanthropy

By Sue Hoye

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2012 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Imagine a group of children settling in for a sleepover in a history museum. Clad in their pajamas, the kids are just about to …
An Apprenticeship In Seeing

By Maxwell L. Anderson

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. An excerpt from The Quality Instinct “Please don’t get your hopes up. He’s a very difficult man.” My heart sank. Instead of …