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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences
Category: Alliance BlogTwo 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 … -
Are Museums the Rightful Home for Confederate Monuments?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIn a chapter titled “Capture the Flag: the struggle over representation and identity,” CFM’s TrendsWatch 2016 explored the growing pressure for museums to play a role in the detoxification … -
Point of View: The Stories We Weave
Category: Museum MagazineStorytelling in museums can be a tool of … -
A Clear View: The Wellin Museum of Art creates a new model for the university museum
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the September/October 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. On a recent spring day on the campus of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, the Ruth and … -
How the National Air and Space Museum Took Volunteering Virtual
Category: Alliance BlogA mother and her spaceship-loving children, ages five and seven, arrive at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center using their timed tickets. As they enter the museum, unsure where to turn first, a … -
Museum-Healthcare Partnerships: A Growing Initiative
Category: Alliance BlogWith increasing frequency, museums and cultural institutions are becoming trusted sources for information on health. Leveraging their reputation for credible information, and their ability … -
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2024
Category: Alliance BlogThe museum field has emphasized ethics and standards for at least a century—in fact, the need to solidify them was one of the primary reasons for the founding of AAM in 1906. And yet, … -
A Free Survey to Measure a Sense of Belonging at Museums
Category: Alliance BlogNot everyone wants to visit a museum. This is in part because of operational issues like cost, location, schedule, but these aren’t the whole story. Some don’t even reach the point of … -
Seeing Paris—and the World—through Small Museums
Category: Alliance BlogA few months ago, a museum exhibition sparked a thought in my mind that I haven’t stopped thinking about ever since. I was walking aimlessly around Paris and had just wandered into Le Musée … -
Museum Exhibition Materials Pledge: Sustainability Goals into Action webinar
Category: Environmental SustainabilityWatch this recorded webinar with Douglas Flandro from CambridgeSeven Associates, Inc., Brenda Leigh Baker from the Madison Children’s Museum, Stephanie Ratcliffe of The Wild Center, …
