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The Power of Data-Driven Member Research to Drive Growth & Build Resilience
Members are foundational to museums’ financial and social success—yet the sector has lacked rigorous study of the complex web of pain points, priorities, and underlying needs that motivate …
Questions an Organization Should Ask When Transitioning a Volunteer Program
Transitioning a volunteer program—whether it involves changes to roles, recruitment strategy, or supervision—impacts the entire organization. In this workshop, develop the framework …
Making History Accessible: Toolkit for Multisensory Interpretation
In 2019, the Intrepid Museum and New York University Ability Project brought together staff of historic sites, disability advocates, and experts in historic preservation and museum …
Get it Together: A Regional Approach to Connect to Descendant Communities
Museums that care for Native American cultural objects or educate the public on Native American histories must work with descendant communities. Outreach from multiple institutions, …
Different Lenses for Addressing Our Planet Crisis
It will take more than the media and science-based institutions to educate the population about the climate crisis and how individuals can take personal or collective action. This session …
Putting Social Science to Work in Climate Change Interpretation
Public engagement efforts on climate change must start with the fundamental recognition that people have different psychological, cultural, and political reasons for acting—or not acting—to …
Leaning into Value: Measuring and Monetizing Visitor Experiences
How do you demonstrate that your institution provides social value and community impact? This is a question that all museum boards, leadership, and staff contemplate, but supplying the data …
Access Journey: From One-Off Events to Creating a Culture of Accessibility
How do we ensure that our accessibility efforts are all-encompassing and more than a one-off event? Creating an institutionalized culture of accessibility might feel like an overwhelming …
Every Museum is a Community Museum Defining and Prioritizing Communities
Before the field evaluates community impact, it must address an elephant in the room: the implicit (and sometimes explicit) binary between “visitors” and “community.” Is every visitor a …
Measuring Museum Social Impact: Lessons and Resources from a National Study
With IMLS funding, the Measurement of Museum Social Impact study has spent months working with museums across the US to validate a social impact instrument. Watch this recorded session from …
CARE-apy: Belonging in Cultural Institutions
Approaches, Findings & Future Directions for the Field What does belonging look like in cultural institutions? We’ll share how two projects worked to understand belonging – across a …
Retaining Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Board Members
(This video runs 56:05) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Facing Change: Building Board Diversity—Retention (Slide Deck) Intent vs. Impact Museum Board …
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Tips for Creating Accessible Museums: Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning
The American Alliance of Museums offers the following information from Violet Rose Arma, Curatorial Assistant & Administrative Support, University of Arizona Museum of Art. The …
Leisure-Time Shifts in a (Mostly) Post-Pandemic World: A 2023 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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There have been a lot of changes in how people live their lives over the past five years, largely (but not exclusively) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While some of these shifts may benefit …
November Advocacy Updates – Speaking up for Museums and Museums Advocacy Day
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Advocacy Alert – November 17, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: FY 2024 Funding for Museums: A Critical Time to Contact Congress in Support of OMS Registration Now Open: Museums …