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From Neutrality to Narrative: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Exhibiting Science
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2026) Vol. 45 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In a rapidly changing world marked by ecological crises, … -
Considering AR or VR? Learn What We Learned from Our Projects and Visitors!
Category: On-Demand ProgramsEmbarking 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 … -
Museums in Good Health
Category: Museum MagazineThe article originally appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. An adapted excerpt from Museums On Call: How Museums Are … -
Seeds Of Change: Museums tap food trends, reap rewards.
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the September/October 2011 edition of Museum magazine. Considering all the signs that read “No food or drinks allowed,” most museum visitors … -
What YouTube Can Do for Museums
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the September/October 2016 issue of Museum magazine. How museums can use YouTube to engage visitors and extend their reach. “YouTube is the new TV”—or so … -
Getting Civic with Gen Z: A Q&A with Caroline Klibanoff of Made By Us
Category: Alliance BlogAs museum staff, our workdays are filled with time-consuming tasks, our to-do lists constantly expanding with emails to write, memos to produce, projects to advance, and programs to put on. … -
Get it Together: A Regional Approach to Connect to Descendant Communities
Category: On-Demand ProgramsMuseums that care for Native American cultural objects or educate the public on Native American histories must work with descendant communities. Outreach from multiple institutions, … -
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the future workforce
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThis week’s Dispatches from the Future of Museums features a story about a report from the Labor Department that shows the rate of volunteerism in the U.S,. is the lowest it has been … -
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 … -
The Grande Race: Making The City a Museum Without Walls
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the May/June 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. On a sunny summer afternoon, there are few people touring the galleries at the Grand Rapids Public …
