Let’s Get More Comfortable About Getting Uncomfortable
Prepared remarks of Laura L. Lott President & CEO of the American Alliance of Museums May 8, 2017 Opening session of the AAM 2017 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo Good morning and …
Meeting the Moment
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Museum Magazine
With its forthcoming report, Excellence in DEAI, AAM seeks to help museums achieve excellence in diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. This article originally appeared in the …
Museums Discover Impact Investing
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
CFM first flagged impact investing as a trend of significance to museums in 2013, inspired by a talk Seth Miller gave at SXSW in which he declared that “every time you spend a dollar, you …
Investing for Values and Mission
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Editor’s Note: This year AAM’s TrendsWatch leads with a call for museums to help close the racial gaps in wealth and power that divide the United States. As the report points out, one way …
CAMPing Out: Making Museums More LGBTQ-friendly with Chicagoland Alliance of Museums with PRIDE
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Alliance Blog
Part 1: Katie Slivovsky, Exhibit Development Director, LGBTQ Access & Inclusion Chair, Chicago Children’s Museum Something wonderful is brewing in Chicago—and I don’t mean craft beer. …
Advancing DEAI in a Polarized World
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Alliance Blog
Recently, we hosted a webinar with museum leaders on values-based communications for diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI). While all attendees were eager to commit fully …
Staffing
Throughout the roundtables, participants returned to a topic that affected each of them in different, but equally important, ways: ensuring that museum decision-makers allocate appropriate …
Working Your Core: Core Documents, that is! webinar recording
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Excellence
The five core documents are the foundation of a well-run museum, shaping its values, operations, and long-term success. They’re not just paperwork—they’re a museum’s playbook for making …
Abstract Art, Concrete Goals
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Museum Magazine
The Des Moines Art Center diversified its audience—and educated its staff—with an exhibition on queer abstraction that transformed the frame of reference for its cause. This article …
Beyond Neutrality
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In Season 2 Episode 2 of the Museum People podcast, New England Museums Association director Dan Yaeger argues that all museums should be social activists, describing the oft-voiced museum …