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A Greener Tomorrow: Museums Take Steps Toward Sustainability
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. According to AAM’s Code of Ethics for Museums, the common mission of our institutions is their … -
Museums and Personalized Learning
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogTechnology is fueling personalization of products, services, communications and experiences. We explored some of the implications of this trend in TrendsWatch 2015, but the impact and … -
What Will Become of Interactive Art When Museums Reopen?
Category: Alliance BlogSupport Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. The Alliance Blog is supported by … -
Natural History Museums as Superman’s Crystal Palace
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogToday, guest blogger Henry McGhie (seen below), Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology at the Manchester Museum, shares his thoughts on how museums can empower visitors to become … -
¡Bienvenidos a Nuestro Museo!
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogWhat is the role of Spanish-language advertising or exhibit labels i… -
Collecting Girlhood: Why the new activist museum is virtual
Category: Alliance BlogThe assumption that museums must be permanent buildings with physical collections is no longer sustainable. With decreased funding, increased competition, and the burden of care, museums … -
Creating Access, Inclusion, and Belonging through Language
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Panelists in this session share how they incorporate Spanish language into visitor and staff experiences. … -
Museum Jobs That Didn’t Exist in 2003
Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog(& what that says about the evolution of our field.) A couple weeks ago, I read a post on Coexist called “Eight New Jobs People will have in 2025,” projecting openings for Digital Death … -
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 7/14/2017
Category: Alliance Blog1. This week craft retail store Hobby Lobby was all over the news when it agreed to pay a $3 million fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi relics smuggled into the United States … -
A Roundup of Decolonization News
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThe popularity of last week’s guest post by Frank Howarth on decolonizing the museum mind prompts me to share a round-up of some of the stories I’ve been collecting on efforts to decolonize …
