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Connect and Network with 50,000 with AAM Membership

By American Alliance of Museums

AAM membership connects you to thousands of museum professionals from around the world. Whether you want to connect one-on-one, belong to a group of like-minded museum professionals, or network with 5,000 others at AAM’s Annual …
Why Should You Attend AAM’s Annual Meeting?

By American Alliance of Museums

AAM’s Annual Meeting is the largest museum conference in the U.S., where you will connect, collaborate, and share ideas with over 5,000 museum professionals. Transcript Auntaneshia Staveloz: Coming to AAM is like a big family reunion. …
Museopunks Episode 41: Digitization is not neutral

By Suse Anderson and Ed Rodley

Over the past decade, museums have increasingly shared high-resolution open access images of their collections. Yet there are significant legal and ethical complexities related to digital cultural heritage, particularly when blanket …
Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion

By American Alliance of Museums

This introduction video provides an overview of AAM’s Facing Change program, with messages from AAM and museum leadership. Referenced in the video is the Board Leadership Report which provides background and data to support the need for …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition

By Suse Anderson and Ed Rodley

Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two advisory panels – one composed of scientists, …
Animated Museums: The Ongoing Experiment Called “Art Mix” at the Crocker Art Museum

By American Alliance of Museums

Museums continue to think outside the box when engaging their audiences. This EdCom One Good Thing panel discussion occurred October 10, 2019 at the Crocker Art Museum. Panelists share recent experiments with engagement through evening …
Museums Advocacy Day: Rena Calabrese – Telling Our Powerful Stories

By American Alliance of Museums

Museum Advocate Rena Calabrese, President & CEO, Naper Settlement, speaks about the critical importance of advocacy for museums and shares her museum’s story of the resulting “funds and dreams” made possible through their advocacy …
Museums Advocacy Day: Stephen White – Working Together Toward a Common Goal

By American Alliance of Museums

Museum Advocate Stephen White, Vice President of External Affairs, Center of Science and Industry (COSI), speaks about the powerful role of museums in shaping their communities, museums’ unique ability to deliver opportunities to …
Museums Advocacy Day: Using Our Voice to Speak Up for Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

Museum advocates from around the country share their stories about the experience of advocating, why they participate in Museums Advocacy Day, and the importance of advocating for museums. Transcript Jennifer Novotney: So I’m really …
Museopunks Episode 39: A new definition of “museum”?

By Suse Anderson and Ed Rodley

The season for existential crises continued this past month when the International Council of Museums (ICOM) announced that a working group had proposed a new definition for museums and that said definition would be voted on at the ICOM …