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Magical Machinery? What AI can do for museums
Category: Alliance BlogWhen people hear I work with artificial intelligence, they often imagine that I create software that does magical things. Their minds go to humanistic androids or programs that predict … -
Museums and AI: Could Robots Be Your New Coworkers?
Category: Alliance BlogWhat is AI? How does it impact our lives every day? How are museums already using it? How might they use it in the future? This post, one of three on the topic of artificial intelligence in … -
Curators Take Flight: Four curators cast a wide eye on the shifting landscape for curatorial practice
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. It’s an exciting time to be a curator. The role is evolving and the … -
The Path to Director: A Q&A with Jay Xu of Asian Art Museum
Category: Alliance BlogI lived in San Francisco for almost six years while working at the Oakland Museum of California, and during that time, I came to know and love the city’s Asian Art Museum. When I … -
The Post-educational Museum
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThe recent kerfluffle about whether museums should be included in the federal stimulus bill was a depressing reminder of the narrow stereotypes into which museums force themselves in order … -
Tips for Museum Educators to become Exhibition Design Facilitators
As a museum educator, do you ever feel forgotten? Feel as though your expertise was relegated to the tail-end of exhibition planning? Do you wish museum education played a larger leadership … -
Restorative Museums: A Primer for Exhibition Practice
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2026) Vol. 45 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Although museums often claim to be among the most trusted … -
Sofa So Good: A word on behalf of older folks
Category: Alliance BlogI don’t know about you, but a career in museums has made it very difficult for me to be a satisfied museum visitor. I find that I am always peering into “how the sausage is made,” as it … -
Centering the Cellphone, Decentering the Museum
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2026) Vol. 45 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In 2019, an 11th-grader from the District of Columbia talked with … -
Copyright at the Crossroads: A call for museum engagement at the international level
Category: Alliance BlogOn October 18-19, 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will be holding an open two-day meeting in Geneva about copyright exceptions for libraries, archives, and …
