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Sold out of science: embracing private collectors in natural history museums.
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIs there such a thing as déjà prevu—the feeling of seeing something that you intended to write, but haven’t, yet? This feeling swept over me recently when I read a piece by Mark Carnall, … -
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. … -
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 2/17/2017
Category: Alliance BlogThis week’s Roundup shares stories about the virtues of complexity, #DayOfFacts, alternate reality in service of accessibility, #Art-Less without immigrants, and some tips for … -
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 … -
Talking About Museums and Internships
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogHi, Nicole here! Throughout the course of my work on museums and labor at CFM this past year, I have had the pleasure of talking with—and learning from—colleagues across the US in various … -
Students Solve a History Mystery and Teach a Lesson in Collaboration
Category: Alliance BlogFourth and fifth graders at Silverton Elementary School reversed roles with teachers and set an example of how museums and schools can work together to broaden the telling of a community’s … -
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s #MuseumFromHome Strategy: Funny TikToks
Category: Alliance BlogEver since the rash of closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, museums have been working behind the scenes to set strategies for engaging the public through remote … -
A Holistic and People-Centered Approach to Accessible Exhibition Design: Walker Art Center Case Study
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2025) Vol. 44 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. Developing an accessible exhibition requires collaboration … -
What Does a Welcoming Online Collections Portal Look Like?
Category: Alliance BlogIn late February 2020, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University became the latest institution to launch an online collections portal, a feature that is increasingly … -
Museums and ADA@25
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Museum magazine. Progress and looking ahead These artworks were on display in “The Art of the Lived Experiment” at …
