Point of View: Harnessing an Untapped Power
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Museum Magazine
Museums can use emotions to encourage empathy, inspire action, and build …
A Roundup of Decolonization News
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The popularity of last week’s guest post by Frank Howarth on decolonizing the museum mind prompts me to share a round-up of some of the stories I’ve been collecting on efforts to decolonize …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 2/17/2017
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Alliance Blog
This week’s Roundup shares stories about the virtues of complexity, #DayOfFacts, alternate reality in service of accessibility, #Art-Less without immigrants, and some tips for …
Museums, What’s Your Gen Z Score?
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Alliance Blog
The United States is experiencing its most age-diverse society ever, as lifespans get longer and a tidal wave of young people prepare to enter adulthood. As a result, museums are facing …
Privacy in a Watchful World: What have you got to hide?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In a world where companies and governments can, and increasingly do, track vast amounts of personal information about our habits, preferences, behavior, communications and even our …
Copyright at the Crossroads: A call for museum engagement at the international level
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Alliance Blog
On October 18-19, 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will be holding an open two-day meeting in Geneva about copyright exceptions for libraries, archives, and …
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences
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Alliance Blog
Two years ago, in 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the AAM Annual Meeting in Washington DC, thanks to the Getty Leadership and Career Management Program Fellowship. Little did I know …
In Praise of Mission Creep
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
My focus this year is on exploring the ways museums serve as essential infrastructure for their communities: improving education for our children, creating livable communities for our …
Message from the President: Preparing for Tomorrow
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2025 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. Picture this: your museum is blessed with such high attendance that the line …
Immersive Experiences in Museums: A Look at Art Windsor-Essex’s “Against the Current”
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Alliance Blog
To say that a lot has changed for cultural institutions and museums in the past few years is an understatement. This is a time when visitors, who have spent the last two years enduring a …