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Museum Studies Network Inaugural Online Gathering: MSN Shelfie

By American Alliance of Museums
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View a recording of “MSN SHELFIE,” the inaugural online gathering from American Alliance of Museum (AAM)’s Museum Studies Network held on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Moderator Juilee …

Adrienne Arsht Gives the Met $5 Million for Paid Internships and MetLiveArts Programming Focused on Themes of Resilience

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Reinventing Museums: Pandemic Disruption as an Opportunity for Change

By Elizabeth Merritt
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What Museum Education Students Learned at #AAMvirtual

By American Alliance of Museums
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TrendsWatch: Building Financial Resilience in a Time of Crisis

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Reinventing Museum Careers

By Martha Morris
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Listen to the Interns: The Importance of the “Budding Scholar” for Museum Decolonization

By Ashleigh Smith
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Museum Studies Programs & Tools for Creating More Inclusive Curricula

By Elizabeth Merritt
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One Graduate’s Job Search Story…Consider Casting a Wider Net

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Monday Musing: A Radical Proposal on Student Debt

By Elizabeth Merritt
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A Bodacious Commitment to Diversity

By Elizabeth Merritt
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The Museum Sacrifice Measure

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Building True, Lasting Collaborations with Source Communities

By Meredith Schweitzer
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Category: Decolonization
It’s well-documented by this point: museums are changing. No longer solely repositories of information and keepers of culturally important artifacts, museums today are taking on new roles …

“Access for All” Begins with Community Listening at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

By Alyssa O’Connell, Shasta Bray, and Alix Gasser
Category: Accessibility
Cassandra Clement was always on the lookout. A self-described “stalker” of quiet places to sit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG), she always took note of benches tucked …

Navigating a Job Search in the COVID-19 Market

By Dana P. Hundley
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Category: Career Management
The museum field, and cultural institutions in general, have undoubtedly been hit hard by COVID-19. As a result, many museum professionals are finding themselves job searching and …

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