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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 … -
The Long Game at the Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts’ journey to expand accessibility has been decades-long and is still ongoing. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2025 issue, a … -
Making Multisensory Interpretation a Reality
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2025) Vol. 44 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. Museum visitors learn and engage through multiple senses. … -
Spring 2024: Alternative Realities
Features How To Survive: Considering Sustainability And Care In Exhibitions By Francesca Du Brock, Ryan Kenny, And Rachel Boesenberg Mission Future: An Experiential Future By Rae Ostman, … -
From the President and CEO: Building a Bigger Tent
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s November/December 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. If there’s one thing I believe, after my years of working in this field, … -
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the Ransolm
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogCFM’s latest forecasting report, TrendsWatch 2014, has been out a month now, and I have been getting great feedback. The magic chip reports the paper has been opened over 1,700 times. … -
Bridges from School to Work
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThis week’s guest blog post is by Kelly Pavich, employee representative and trainer at the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, established in 1989 by the family of J. Willard … -
Staying in Touch: Addressing Concerns to Allow Tactile Exploration at Museums
Category: Alliance BlogThe COVID-19 pandemic is creating new norms that discourage touching all manner of objects to curtail the spread of the virus. However, when public spaces reopen, understandable concern … -
Virtual Programs for Children—What Do Parents Want Now?
Category: Alliance BlogAfter of year of chaos, anguish, and reflection, the world is entering a new phase—perhaps “post-pandemic,” maybe the “new normal”—it will take a while to settle on the right label. Last … -
3 Trauma-Informed Practices for Museums to Follow
Category: Alliance BlogEarlier this year, I presented at MuseumNext’s Museums, Health, and Wellbeing Summit about what we risk by not integrating trauma-informed practices and values into our work. In my talk, I …
