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Practicing What We Preach

Category: Museum Magazine
Museum studies graduate students co-curate a feminist art exhibition to test assumptions on ideal approaches to inclusion. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2020 issue …

I Have A Confession: I’m An Adult

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. How can science museums welcome grown-ups? I don’t have children, but I like to go to science …

A Growing Backlash to DEI

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Do you remember seeing this picture attempting to illustrate the difference between equality and equity? Now it also illustrates the latest battleground in the new culture wars. While a …

“Most Americans are trapped in a history that they do not understand”

Category: Alliance Blog
The final keynote speaker at this year’s AAM Annual Meeting In New Orleans was Jose Antonio Vargas, author of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, Pulitzer-prize-winning …

Navigating Partisan Tensions

Category: On-Demand Programs: Future of Museums
This recording is from the Future of Museums Summit held November 1-2, 2023. The ongoing nationwide political climate and the evolving “culture wars” are resonating deeply …

Considering AR or VR? Learn What We Learned from Our Projects and Visitors!

Category: On-Demand Programs: Digital Programming
Embarking 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 …

TrendsWatch 2019: Confronting the Past: The long, hard work of decolonization

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This is one of the five trends from the 2019 TrendsWatch. Click here to read more about the full report.  “Colonialism and imperialism have not settled their debt to us once they have …

Telling Trans Stories Through Collections and Exhibitions

Category: On-Demand Programs
View this recorded webinar organized by the co-chairs of the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance’s Task Force for Transgender Inclusion, panelists Margaret Middleton and Eric Feingold share their …

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