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Futurist Friday: Seeing the Bigger Picture
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogYou can follow FiveBooks (& their cutemanatee mascot) on Twitter@five_books Today, for your weekly fix of futurism, I recommend you bop over to the Five Books site to read … -
Measuring Museum Social Impact: Lessons and Resources from a National Study
With IMLS funding, the Measurement of Museum Social Impact study has spent months working with museums across the US to validate a social impact instrument. Watch this recorded session from … -
Going Straight to the Source: Using interactive interviews to create engaging programming
Category: Museum MagazineThe US Botanic Garden conducted interactive interviews with children to create new and engaging programming for families. When families wander the vibrant gardens of the United States … -
Spring 2025: The Ethics Issue – Preview
In this issue: Share your thoughts about this issue of Exhibition! About Exhibition Published twice a year, the journal offers 128 pages of thought-provoking articles, exhibition … -
2014 TrendsWatch Contenders
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogWith TrendsWatch 2013 hot off the digital presses, Phil and I are already scanning for early signals of the trends we will feature next year. When it comes to scanning, more eyes = better … -
Pandemic-Friendly Ideas for Welcoming Immigrants and Refugees to Your Community
Category: Alliance BlogWelcoming Week is an annual event from Welcoming America that seeks to unite recent immigrants and refugees with longer residents in communities. Along with other organizations of all … -
Handy Hobbies: Why diverse skillsets are an advantage to every institution
Category: Alliance BlogDiversity is a popular buzzword right now: diversity in staff, in teaching methods, and ideas. However, one aspect of diversity I have never heard mentioned is diversity in skillsets. It’s … -
Looking Back to Move Forward: Examining Institutional Racism in Reprising “Afro-American Images 1971”
Category: Alliance BlogIn February 1971, a newly formed Delaware organization, Aesthetic Dynamics Inc., presented its first major undertaking: an exhibition of over 130 works of art—drawings, prints, photographs, … -
Toward a More Human Museum: Trust and Well-Being for Staff and Visitors
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In the current political climate, the work museums are doing to become more human and empathic may be … -
Leadership At All Levels
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the May/June 2012 edition of Museum magazine. An excerpt from A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career, edited by Greg Stevens and Wendy Luke, The …
