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The Mind Behind the Myth: Navigating visitor reactions at Kew Palace
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogDuring the pandemic, museums supported the mental health of their communities in creative and generous ways. Some created outdoor art installations to boost the spirits of people in nursing … -
Museopunks Episode 26: Decolonize the Museum!
The vision of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, describes how the museum “will reflect and realize the values of decolonization in all of its practices, working with the Wabanaki … -
A Holistic and People-Centered Approach to Accessible Exhibition Design
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Developing an accessible exhibition requires collaboration among museum staff, artists, and audiences. In this … -
Abstract Art, Concrete Goals
Category: Museum MagazineThe Des Moines Art Center diversified its audience—and educated its staff—with an exhibition on queer abstraction that transformed the frame of reference for its cause. This article … -
A Season of Kindness
Category: Alliance BlogMuch like museums, my daughter’s school distributes a quarterly calendar at which I typically glance to note important dates like the ubiquitous school closings, PTA meetings, and volunteer … -
Appropriations 101: The Process of Funding the Federal Government
Have you seen the AAM’s Advocacy Alerts asking you to contact Congress about supporting funding for federal agencies that support museums but curious about how the process of funding the … -
Putting Social Science to Work in Climate Change Interpretation
Category: On-Demand ProgramsPublic engagement efforts on climate change must start with the fundamental recognition that people have different psychological, cultural, and political reasons for acting—or not acting—to … -
60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Small Museums are Thriving!
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this fast-paced and dynamic session, four small museum professionals showcase how small museums – which face … -
Futurist Friday: Humans Need Not Apply (Even Us Creative Types)
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogWe’re entering an era in which robots are not only building but also driving cars, chatbots are delivering customer service, and artificial intelligence is preparing legal briefs and … -
Future Chat: Managing Digital Risk
Your museum has embraced the digital world. Digitized collections, an asset management system, ticketing, customer relations system, volunteer and event management, and other solutions to …
