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Labor of Love: Revaluing Museum Work
This post was originally published on Medium, December 20, 2017. Over the last few years, museum workers have been increasingly vocal about job dissatisfaction. At the 2015 American … -
Of Law and Ethics: What do museums need to know in this new era of cultural property ownership disputes?
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. A tension often exists between the law and the ethics of collecting cultural … -
Taking A Fresh Look At Provenance
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2016 issue of Museum magazine. Pursuing a future in which provenance research and data are efficient, accessible, and equitable. Museums … -
AAM Recognizes 8 Individuals and 4 Institutions for Exemplary Work in the Museum Field
Category: Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, … -
Ceding Authority and Seeding Trust
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Through a decolonizing collections practice, the San Diego Museum of Man is … -
On the Ground: How Visitor Experience Teams Are Teaching Front-Line Staff to Be DEAI Advocates
Category: Alliance BlogIn the museum experience world, making visitors feel welcome is serious business. Our goal is to exceed guests’ standards for positive experiences, and nothing undermines that goal like a … -
Effective Exhibitions Should Provoke!
Category: Exhibition JournalEffective exhibitions disrupt the notion that history remains locked in the past. Done right, an exhibition can make history a practical tool for justice by recovering silenced narratives … -
Questioning Assumptions: The Ideal Employee:Volunteer Ratio
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogToday’s thought experiment: what if, in the future, museums asked not “how many volunteers do we need” but rather “how can we structure our operations to engage as many volunteers as … -
Expanding Public Value
Category: Museum MagazineAs you build bridges with communities, consider using dig… -
A Growing Backlash to DEI
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogDo you remember seeing this picture attempting to illustrate the difference between equality and equity? Now it also illustrates the latest battleground in the new culture wars. While a …
