-
How the Delaware Art Museum is Centering Community Voices in Interpretive Planning
Category: Alliance BlogIn 2018, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) began a radically inclusive approach to reinstallation planning, integrating community voices at every stage through focus groups, iterative … -
A Roadmap for Equity
Category: Museum MagazineThe Tucson Museum of Art is seeking institutional change through its IDEA plan. This article originally appeared in the January/February, 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of … -
The Third Rail of Museum Ethics: Selling Collections to Pay for…What?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIs it ethical for a museum to use the money it gets from selling collections to fund general operations? How about using the proceeds from the sale for “preservation” (the term used by … -
Working Your Core: Core Documents, that is!
The five core documents are the foundation of a well-run museum, shaping its values, operations, and long-term success. They’re not just paperwork—they’re a museum’s playbook for making … -
What If Educators Ran a Museum?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI’ve been intrigued by the El Segundo Museum of Art since I first read about it in the Los Angeles Times when the museum opened in 2013. That article emphasized ESMoA’s focus on arts … -
Act Now: Contact Senators to Support OMS Funding
Category: Advocacy AlertAdvocacy Alert – May 3, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Act Now: Urge Your Senators to Support OMS Funding! Save the Date: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum is August 12-16 … -
Three Core Values That Will Boost Your Museum Writing
Category: Alliance BlogWriting well is essential for communicating information in any field, especially in educational institutions like museums. However, with the wide range of roles museum professionals fill, … -
Throwback Thursday: Respite, Retreat…and Privacy
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIn TrendsWatch 2013, we covered the rising dissatisfaction with our always-connected, hyper-digital world, giving birth to a movement dubbed “digital detox.” Now, as documented … -
Too Fast to Go Slow
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogJane Addams Hull-House Museum is one of three museums enrolled in the third round of Innovation Lab for Museums—a MetLife funded program offered by EmcArts in partnership with CFM. … -
Visitors with Vision Loss
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Art Beyond Sight/Art Education for the Blind (ABS) encourages the visual arts …
