Adapting to a Hybrid Reality: Accelerating a Digital Methodology and Mindset at Your Institution
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Alliance Blog
Physical closures and capacity reductions due to COVID-19 forced museums and galleries to find new ways to showcase content and programming to a greater audience, accelerating the shift …
5 Ways Museums Can Engage Generation Z
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Alliance Blog
Technically speaking, Generation Z refers to those of us born between the late 1990s and early 2010s, but the term comes with a lot of extra ideas and stereotypes. Some call us “Generation …
Contact Congress Today to Speak Up for Museums
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – March, 10 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Representative to Support OMS Funding Now! Charitable Giving Incentives Introduced: Ask …
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the future workforce
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This week’s Dispatches from the Future of Museums features a story about a report from the Labor Department that shows the rate of volunteerism in the U.S,. is the lowest it has …
Historic Sotterley is Finding Common Ground
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Museum Magazine
After a reinterpretation process, Historic Sotterley now tells the stories of all the people who lived o…
Invite Congress and August Advocacy Updates
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Advocacy Alert
In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: #InviteCongress 2023: It’s Time for Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum August Appropriations Update: Keep Speaking Up for Museums – Contact …
Access and Equity in Museum Internships: A Case Study
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
In the US in 2015, 17.5 percent of persons with a disability were employed–compared to a 65 percent employment rate for people without a disability: a troubling statistic that should …
Noodling on the Future of Conferences
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
May I just say, for the record, that I love love love the AAM annual meeting staff. They do a glorious job each year of pulling off the near impossible—decamping for a distant city to host …
Appropriations, Charitable Giving, Funding Opportunities, Invite Congress
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – June 9, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Appropriations Update: Act Now to Speak Up for Museums! Ask Your Legislators: Co-sponsor the Charitable Act (H.R. 3435 / …
Dealing With Disruption
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Each year I look forward to Museums Advocacy Day as an opportunity to focus my futurist lens on political trends. In the past, I’ve invited attendees to consider the future of nonprofit …
October Advocacy Updates – Make the Case for Museums this Fall
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – October 13, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Take Action (Part I): A Critical Time to Contact Congress Take Action (Part II): Ask Legislators to Cosponsor the …
Slooow: better a tortoise than a hare
“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”—Mae West In the past few decades, there’s been a growing awareness that while “fast” may look efficient, in the end it may not be effective. …