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“Connecting With The Story”: A conversation with author JULIA ALVAREZ

By Rina Rapuano

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. Julia Alvarez may have only lived in the Dominican Republic from the age of 3 months through 10 years, but being born in the U.S. didn’t help when …
“The Importance of Memory”: A Conversation with Amy Tan

By Susannah Cassedy O'Donnell

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. Amy Tan first arrived on the literary scene in 1989 with the publication of The Joy Luck Club. In exploring the nuances and complexities of human …
A Clear View: The Case for Museum Transparency

By Maxwell L. Anderson

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. Museums continue to operate largely as we always have, with minimal regulatory oversight of the kind routinely accorded institutions of higher …
Stirring The Melting Pot: A Challenge to Notions of Integration

By Gregory Rodriguez

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. What does it mean to be an American? For many decades, few questioned that our identity centered on a common subscription to a certain set of accepted …
Brainstorm: Inside the Mind of the Museum Visitor

By Mary Ellen Flannery

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. Hey, wait a second! Who’s driving the bus? Like a character out of Speed-that crazy 1990s movie with the speeding bus and the beautiful …
Are Museums Recession-Proof?

By Martha Morris

This article originallly appeared in the January/February 2010 edition of Museum magazine. For the past two decades, museums have enjoyed a building boom. Issues of Museum magazine have been graced for years with a variety of freshly …
A New Spin: Are DJs, rappers and bloggers ‘curators’?

By N. Elizabeth Schlatter

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2010 edition of Museum magazine. A November 2008 headline in The New York Times read as follows: “Ludacris as Curator of His Own Hip-Hop Museum.” The concert review …
Museums: A Snapshot

By Elizabeth Merritt

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2010 edition of Museum magazine. A Rundown from 2009 Museum Financial Information Anyone who studies museums in a serious way will quickly encounter a few hurdles. First, you …
The Migratory Museum

By Joelle Seligson

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum is leaving Mount Horeb. After years of financial strain, founder Barry Levenson is packing …
The Upside to Cutting Down

By Joelle Seligson

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2009 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Thirty percent of staff eliminated. Endowments evaporated overnight. Opening hours shortened. Operating budgets …