On-Demand Programs: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

AAM’s DEAI programs are a great first step to learning about diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Programs cover topics such as trans allyship, making art accessible, and responding to visitors with neurodivergent abilities.

On-demand programs are free to Individual, Ally, Industry, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Members. Be sure to log in to your membership account to access these programs.

The 3 Cs of Inclusive Communications for Museums

By Minal Bopaiah & Jakob Wolf-Barnett

Employee expectations of leadership and organizational communications has changed significantly in the past few years. What does it take to communicate effectively with staff, particularly around issues of diversity, equity, accessibility, …
A DEAI Change Management Roadmap for Museums

By Minal Bopaiah & Jakob Wolf-Barnett

Are you a museum leader who’s feeling lost and overwhelmed by DEAI? Wish someone would draw you a map? Brevity & Wit’s Senior Consultant Jakob Wolf-Barnett has! In this one-hour webinar, he helps museum leaders understand …
The Uses of Discomfort: LGBTQ Collections Their Repositories and Their Legacies

By American Alliance of Museums

People left out of traditional cultural narratives are forced to become the custodians of their own histories. For queer institutions, this means collecting stigmatized materials that other institutions may find irrelevant. Changing this …
Museum Accessibility Helping Patrons Who Are Blind to See Your Exhibitions

By American Alliance of Museums

Audio description (AD), a relatively inexpensive and readily available technology, broadens the museum experience for all people and particularly for patrons who cannot see or have low vision. Experience the verbal and aural techniques …
Is That Hung White? Revisiting Issues of Race and Inclusion in Exhibitions

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. In 2019, we got real and vulnerable about the consequences stemming from the lack of diversity and representation within the museum exhibition field. We …
Lessons in Equity from Culturally‐specific Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Many culturally‐specific museums are committed to providing space, a consistent platform, and an authentic voice for people of color. However, as …
Taking a Moment: Reflecting on our DEAI Responsibilities, webinar from March 2021

By American Alliance of Museums

Handout of additional resources Slides from webinar In this webinar, Dina Bailey of Mountain Top Vision discussed how the last year has affected diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion efforts in the museum field and where our …
#AAM2021 Elevate Stage Session: Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity on Museum Boards

By American Alliance of Museums

How do we diversify the makeup of museum boards while promoting artists, curators, leaders, and museums who preserve and tell the stories of people of color? Many museums are challenged with navigating the steps to create a more equitable …
Stories of Inclusion: Responding to Visitors with Cognitive, Developmental and Emotional Disabilities

By American Alliance of Museums

In this recorded webinar, accessibility experts and advocates explore the issues, challenges, and successes of addressing the needs and expectations of visitors and families of visitors with cognitive, developmental, and emotional di…
Telling Trans Stories Through Collections and Exhibitions

By American Alliance of Museums

View this recorded webinar organized by the co-chairs of the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance’s Task Force for Transgender Inclusion, panelists Margaret Middleton and Eric Feingold share their experiences and answer questions, giving participants …