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Set Your Superpower Free! 10 tips to help small museum professionals tap into their creativity.

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This article originally appeared in the November/December issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. You’ve probably heard some variation of the following: making …

Time to Partner Up

By E. Michael DiPaolo

If You Build It: Fundraising success will come to small museums that implement a set of best practices.

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The Quest for Excellence

By Dennis Pierce

Small Museums Go Big

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Excellence On A Small Scale

By Ann Fortescue

How Can My Small Museum Handle Core Documents Verification?

By Tamara Hemmerlein

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Latest Stories from AAM

Making it all about Them: the New Bedford Whaling Museum High School Apprenticeship Program

Christina Turner, Director of Education, New Bedford Whaling Museum
By Christina Turner
Category: Leadership
Each year AAM’s Education Committee (EdCom) Professional Network recognizes outstanding museum educators and supporters, programs and resources that exemplify excellence. The 2018 Award of …

Museopunks Episode 31: Are Museums “Safe Spaces for Unsafe Ideas?”

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By Suse Anderson
Category: Influence of Museums
Since the mid-1990s, it has been received wisdom that museums are, or should be, “safe spaces for unsafe ideas.” But is this true? Are museum safe spaces? And do they really deal in unsafe …

Call for Applications: Aroha Fellowship for Museums & Creative Aging

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By Elizabeth Merritt
Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Last week the Alliance launched the search for our first senior fellow. With the generous support of Aroha Philanthropies, this individual will spend two years advancing the work of museums …