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Reduce Uncertainty, Increase Confidence: How Internal Audit Supports Museums’ Success
We’ve all seen the dreaded headlines: “How many treasures have been stolen from the British Museum?” “Grief and Anger Mingle After Devastating Brazil Museum Fire” “How the Mona Lisa almost …
Museums with a Future: Prioritizing Climate Resilience to Respond to a Changing World
This year’s TrendsWatch report spotlights the urgent need for humanity to curb our carbon emissions if we are to stave off the worst extremes of climate change. The term …
How Museum Educators Are Using Strategic Foresight to Address Climate Change
In this series of posts, EdCom’s Trends Committee is taking a deeper look at emerging phenomena identified in the 2021 edition of TrendsWatch from the Center for the Future of …
Security, Self-Care, and Terrorism Resources
It is our hope that in the coming days our nation will experience a peaceful Inauguration Day following Martin Luther King Jr. Day earlier in the week. However, the recent insurrection at …
Facing the Rising Tide: How the Whitney Museum of American Art Addresses Resiliency and Storm Preparedness Through Design
With rising sea levels and stronger floods and hurricane seasons, priceless cultural sites and museum collections around the world are increasingly under threat from severe weather events …
Eye of the Storm: How Do Museums Prepare for Hurricanes during a Pandemic?
It’s a Thursday afternoon in July and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) is almost empty. Director Marta Mabel Pérez is in her office, leading a virtual hub of staff and other …
Van Gogh Painting Stolen After Thieves Apparently Smash Dutch Museum Entrance
The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884, by Vincent van Gogh was stolen from the Singer Laren museum near Amsterdam. “Perhaps coincidentally, the painting taken Monday morning …
Is Your Museum Prepared for Ransomware?
You come into your office, juggling your gym bag and a cup of hot coffee, and boot up your laptop to an ominous red and black screen that announces: “All your files and documents have been …
Making a Splash! 6 Things to Know about Exhibits with Water
It’s no surprise that many museums choose to entertain and educate visitors with the stuff that covers 71 percent of our planet’s surface. Water can contribute greatly to a wide variety of …
The Case for Digital Facility Reports
Facility management is one of the core elements of running a museum. As AAM’s core standards say, it is “incumbent upon [museums] to ensure the safety of their staff, visitors and …
How Australian Art Museums Are Protecting Their Collections From Fire Threats
In this article for Observer, Helen Holmes highlights the ways in which Australian art museums are responding to the country’s destructive bushfires that broke out late last year. “While …
Let it Bloom: Reconstructing a hurricane-stricken historic garden
Like many museum professionals, I am drawn to the idea that objects and places connect us to cultures throughout history. We handle the works entrusted to our institutions with extreme …
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Cultivating the Next Generation of Black Museum Leaders: The AAAM x Howard University Advanced Executive Training
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The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) stands as the principal voice of the African American museum movement, providing support, respite, and abundant educational opportunities. …
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Advocacy Alert – January 10, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: One Week Left to Register: Museums Advocacy Day 2025 President Trump to Take Office, 119th Congress Convenes: …
Botting: Methodology—A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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Unfortunately, sometimes malicious web-crawlers comb social media for online surveys, spamming them with fake responses. These fake respondents or “bots” use automated tools to complete …