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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
General What is the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)? The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) is the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community. Founded in … -
Beyond the Four-Legged Chicken
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2010 edition of Museum magazine. A History of Museum Registration In 1881, an important moment occurred in the history of registration. … -
Futurist Friday: Internet Fail
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogFuturist Friday is a series of occasional posts featuring recommending reading, viewing or listening resources to expand your thinking and fuel your forecasting. When I teach forecasting … -
The Promise and Peril of AI: A Q&A with Marion Carré
Category: Alliance BlogIn 2023, I found myself on a list of museum “influencers”—thank you, Blooloop—alongside Marion Carré. Carré is the CEO and cofounder of Ask Mona, a company that helps cultural … -
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 … -
Communication, Collaboration, Connects: The Free App that Deepens the Museum Experience
Category: Industry AdvertorialThis post is an advertorial written by an organization that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs … -
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 … -
Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like … -
Out of the Blue: A Punderful Session About Out-of-the-Box Thinking
Category: Alliance BlogI love a good pun, so when I saw a session at the 2018 Annual Meeting and Museum Expo about whales and puns, I was hooked! The session began with an emotional video about nine blue whales …
