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Future Chat: Diving into Museum Data

By American Alliance of Museums

As the country rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, how are museums doing? Who is coming to museums and why, how does attendance compare to pre-pandemic norms? What are the barriers to visitation? In this Future Chat, AAM’s Elizabeth …
Toward a More Human Museum: Trust and Well-Being for Staff and Visitors

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In the current political climate, the work museums are doing to become more human and empathic may be misunderstood both internally and externally, and the …
Fostering Resilience in Children through Virtual Mindfulness

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In the face of an epidemic of anxiety, depression, and physical disease, many museums have been exploring mindfulness practices to support the health of their …
Disrupting the Traditional Narrative: Including Oral Histories in Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Museums have been guilty of discounting oral histories as “non-academic” or “inappropriate” methods of historical documentation – a trend that contributes to the …
Money Matters: Creating a Path to Financial Sustainability

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. As museums compete against a growing range of leisure and educational options, they must reevaluate their approach to pricing to demonstrate value while …
Research Insights from AAM’s Museum Board Leadership Survey

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. What is the state of museum governance today? Hear the results of AAM’s Museum Board Leadership survey, including critical benchmarking data on governance …
Curating Trauma and Violence: Preparing and Caring for Communities and Staff

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this recorded session, museum professionals from various institutions – a museum focused on the Holocaust, a museum telling stories related to terrorist …
Confronting Colonialism: Intersections of Scientific and Cultural Knowledge

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Natural History museums play a unique and urgent role in helping document and understand the world’s plants and animals during the current biodiversity and …
Leveraging Permanent Collection Objects for Collaboration and Change

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Throughout the museum field, institutions have been grappling with how to address problematic objects in their collection, taking various approaches from …
60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Small Museums are Thriving!

By American Alliance of Museums

This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this fast-paced and dynamic session, four small museum professionals showcase how small museums – which face unique challenges but are also hubs of …