How the Delaware Art Museum is Centering Community Voices in Interpretive Planning
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Alliance Blog
In 2018, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) began a radically inclusive approach to reinstallation planning, integrating community voices at every stage through focus groups, iterative …
The Museum of the Future—your vision reflected here?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
A friend who works with, but not in, museums has asked me for predictions regarding characteristics of the museum of the future. He is working on an interesting project to create a …
AAM Recognizes 8 Individuals and 4 Institutions for Exemplary Work in the Museum Field
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Press Release
For 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, …
A New Way to See: Looking at museums through the eyes of the blind
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Alliance Blog
Let’s talk about accessibility. In the twenty-first century era of inclusivity, museums are working towards making the visitor experience a more positive and unique one, as part of efforts …
Bring on museum companion apps — but only if they’re absolutely awesome
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Technology
This article reviews a number of newer mobile apps in museums and the author’s experiences in using them. The text provides more in-depth description of apps hosted by the …
Green Trends in Museum Retail
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Alliance Blog
As a seamless extension of the museum experience and a culmination of the exhibitions on view, the museum store is uniquely poised to reinforce an institution’s mission and values. For …
Speaking Up: Museum Advocacy in Action
Get your copy today! Why and How to Use this Toolkit You don’t have to be in Washington, DC, to make the case for museums. Your voice matters. When you make advocacy a habit, you create a …
Museum Food Services: Serving up our Missions and Eating our Words
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
What do visitors eat, when they come to your museum, and what messages do they take away from the experience? We’ve devoted many posts on this blog, over the past year, to celebrating how …
Museum magazine
Museum, the Alliance’s award-winning magazine published bi-monthly, addresses the issues and challenges facing museums today and is a must-read for those who work for museums and those who …
Gearing up to Explore the Museum of Tomorrow
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
We are in full annual meeting prep mode here at AAM, getting ready to offer you a great experience in Houston. Since this year the whole meeting pretty much revolves around the future, CFM …
10 Tips for Creating an Engaging Museum Website
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Marketing & Public Relations
The American Alliance of Museums offers the following information from Francesca Parker, Director of Project Management at Purple Rock Scissors. The information shared here is based on the …
The Next Frontier of Museum Ethics
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Here at CFM, we’re wrapping up Round Three of Forecasting the Future of Museum Ethics. The survey closes Dec. 9 (there’s a link below if you still haven’t participated) and I can hardly …