Imprint Series: Video & Discussion Guides
The Museum Imprint Series reflects on some of the pivotal movements that shaped the US museum field over the past four decades, driving progress, inspiring promise, and nurturing …
What Is Lost and Found in Translation
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Museum Magazine
Two years into his work, an editor at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago reflects on the institution’s bilingual transformation. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s …
CARE-apy: On the Road to Welcome: Starting your accessibility journey
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Accessibility
The concepts of accessibility and inclusion are not new. There is not, however, a straightforward blueprint for doing this work in a clear-cut and approachable way, meaning many museum …
Stories of Inclusion: ADA@25 and Universal Design at Cultural Institutions
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On-Demand Programs
This recorded webinar will help guide you in finding approaches to sharing information and telling compelling stories that can help audiences make meaning of their museum ex…
Education & Interpretation Resources
Standards The Alliance shares standards on Education and Interpretation. Audience Research and Evaluation This section provides resources for understanding visitors and the different types …
The Museum of the Future—your vision reflected here?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
A friend who works with, but not in, museums has asked me for predictions regarding characteristics of the museum of the future. He is working on an interesting project to create a …
Students Solve a History Mystery and Teach a Lesson in Collaboration
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Alliance Blog
Fourth 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 …
Museum Design 2034: Respite and Retreat
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is the third installment of a series of “stories from the future” illustrating how museum practitioners can use trends data as a jumping off point for exploring potential futures. …
Museum magazine
Museum, the Alliance’s award-winning magazine published bi-monthly, addresses the issues and challenges facing museums today and is a must-read for those who work for museums and those who …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two …
Philosophy of Choice: What if visitors could choose their own intellectual pathways in museum exhibitions?
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Museum Magazine
What if visitors could choose their own intellectual pathways in museum exhibitions? This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 issue, a benefit of …
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2024
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Alliance Blog
The museum field has emphasized ethics and standards for at least a century—in fact, the need to solidify them was one of the primary reasons for the founding of AAM in 1906. And yet, …