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New Directions in Interactive Media for Museums

By Alan Govenar
The challenges of integrating interactive media into the museum experience are manifold. New technologies can engage but also potentially alienate museum visitors who have different …

Say Cheese! 3 Ways Museums Can Compete with Instagrammable Pop-Ups

By David Whitemyer

CAMPing Out: Making Museums More LGBTQ-friendly with Chicagoland Alliance of Museums with PRIDE

By Katie Slivovsky and David Carrasquillo

Museums With a Single Focus: How to Attract The Non-Enthusiast

By Andrea Jones, Peak Experience Lab

This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist?

By Philip Kennicott, Washington Post

Should Museums Be Advocating For Viewers to Slow Down?

By Daniel Grant, Observer

Reimagining the Museum Tour

By Elaine Glusac, Nytimes

Bring on museum companion apps — but only if they’re absolutely awesome

By Rachel Kraus, Mashable

Museopunks Episode 22: Human Behavior

By Suse Anderson
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A Visitors’ Perspective on Visitor Engagement

By Max A. van Balgooy

Babes in Arms: The Toledo Museum of Art reaches out to the very youngest visitors.

By Kathy Danko-McGhee

How Does Your Garden Grow?

By Patsy Benveniste, Sharon Lee and Donald A. Rakow
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Museums and AI: Can You See the Future?

By Seema Rao
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Category: Technology
How is AI going to impact the future of museum work? How can museum professionals prepare for future technologies? What will be the next breakthroughs in AI technology for museums? This …

AAM 2019 Slate of Candidates for Board of Directors

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Category: News
AAM’s Board of Directors has nominated seven distinguished professionals from the museum field and beyond as candidates to serve on the Board with terms that begin in May 2019. Four are …

Up On the Roof: The McNay Art Museum’s re-roofing project

By Christy Rhone
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Category: Facilities & Risk Management
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX houses a world-class collection of more than 22,000 works by masters from around the world—Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse, O’Keefe and many more. …