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Family Interactive Spaces: Are They Necessary or Just Nice?
Category: Alliance BlogCultivating a strong family audience is critical for museums, and as practitioners we use many different strategies to do this, including special family days and festivals, workshops, … -
Is That Hung White?
Category: Museum MagazineA conversation on the state of museum exhibitions and race. This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In 2016, a group of 24 … -
Five Ways to Get Started with Accessibility When You Feel Stuck
Category: Alliance BlogWhen I started in museums, it wasn’t my plan to work in museum education and customer care, but this field has ways of surprising you. As it turns out, the most fulfilling work I’ve ever … -
Considering AR or VR? Learn What We Learned from Our Projects and Visitors!
Category: On-Demand Programs: Digital ProgrammingEmbarking on an augmented or virtual reality project can be daunting. Learn what to watch out for, account for, and steer toward so you can avoid (or at least prepare for) problems that may … -
When an Artist Becomes Director
Category: Community Engagement & ImpactI want to change people’s lives through art. Simple as that. I thought I would accomplish this goal as an artist, but as my career progressed, doors opened in a different direction. I … -
A Transformative Journey
Category: Museum MagazineParticipating in Facing Change has helped the Naper Settlement board and staff transform the i… -
Soundtrack for an Equitable Conference
Category: Alliance BlogCradled in soulful New Orleans, the 2019 American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting offered a variety of new sights and sounds in one of the most culturally diverse cities in the United … -
Failing Towards Success
Category: Museum MagazineThis excerpt from TrendsWatch 2017 originally appeared in the March/April 2017 issue of Museum magazine. “If you’re creating things, you’re doing things that have a high … -
Outside the Collection Box: Connecting community with collections via augmented reality
Category: Alliance BlogImmersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and cross reality (XR) are quickly gaining momentum as a mass media tool deployable in all … -
Changing the Rules of Engagement: Evidence-based strategies for depolarization and civil discourse
Category: Museum MagazineThere are evidence-based strategies museums can employ to become sites of depolarization and civil discourse. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 issue, a …
