Alliance resources for the museum field

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These resources have been taken out from behind the member paywall to make them free and accessible for all. The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting our advocacy work and making extensive COVID-19 resources freely available for our field, by making a donation or becoming a member of AAM. Thank you for your much-needed support.

General Resources

• Read the Alliance blog and the Center for the Future of Museums blog for a number of stories about how museums are coping with the pandemic.
• Advocating for Museums During COVID-19 comes with its own set of challenges.
• The Center for the Future of Museums shares this downloadable PDF on Using Scenarios to Plan Your Museum COVID Response.
• The Independent Museum Professionals, Professional Network, provides “13 Tips for Teleworking” (in English and Spanish).

Collections Stewardship

• The Collections Stewardship Professional Network has developed these “Steps for Collections Professionals to help mitigate risks to collections during this time” (in English and Spanish).

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

• In this tip sheet, the Alliance provides information on how to support women during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (updated 3/8/2021).
• The Alliance offers the following tips from experts Janice Majewski and Beth Ziebarth to help you determine policies related to maintaining accessibility for visitors and staff with disabilities amid the pandemic.

Digital Engagement

• The Museum Studies Professional Network has created a guide to “Transitioning to Online Teaching in Museum Studies” (in English and Spanish).
• Watch this recorded webinar on digital readiness and pandemic adaptations from the Center for the Future of Museums (members only)

Financial Stability

• The Alliance offers this tip sheet on maintaining Financial Stability in Crisis (updated 3/2/2021).
• The Center for the Future of Museums shares this downloadable PDF on Three Scenarios for Financial Survival

Reopening

• Take into account these considerations for reopening, from the Alliance (updated 7/30/2021).
• The Alliance offers considerations in determining policies around the wearing of face masks (updated 1/29/2021).
• Marcum, LLP’s Kathy Raffa answers some questions about Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and whether museums with large endowments must return the loan.

Health and Wellbeing

• This fact sheet from the Alliance offers advice on building vaccine confidence.
• This tip sheet from the Alliance on Combatting Burnout in the Museum Sector shares resources to help combat burnout, from the creation of supportive work environments to the practice of self-care.