Creating Belonging to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Protect our Elders
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Creative Aging
Keynote by Daphne Kwok, Vice President of Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Asian American & Pacific Islander Audience Strategy at AARP, at the Museum Summit on Creative Aging, July 29, …
Transforming Museum Workflows with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Industry Advertorial
The future has arrived: artificial intelligence (AI) in museums is shaping a new era for the sector. But its emergence and increasing prevalence raise a new set of questions. How much can …
Search History: Enhancing museum collection access and reducing bias through public input in digital catalogues
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Museum Magazine
Including the public in digital catalogue descriptions will improve access to museum collections and help remove bias. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 …
Museum Accessibility: An Art and a Science
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Alliance Blog
Over the past decade, conversations about accessibility have increased within the museum field, and many organizations including AAM have identified it as a priority. There is not, however, …
Is That Hung White?
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Museum Magazine
A conversation on the state of museum exhibitions and race. This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In 2016, a group of 24 …
Making History Accessible: Toolkit for Multisensory Interpretation
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On-Demand Programs
In 2019, the Intrepid Museum and New York University Ability Project brought together staff of historic sites, disability advocates, and experts in historic preservation and museum …
Ceding Authority and Seeding Trust
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Through a decolonizing collections practice, the San Diego Museum of Man is …
Sharing Authority with Indigenous Peoples
Museums are in the early stages of repairing their relationships with Indigenous communities, learning how to undo some of the harm resulting from traditional museum practices. In this …
Questioning Assumptions: The Ideal Employee:Volunteer Ratio
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s thought experiment: what if, in the future, museums asked not “how many volunteers do we need” but rather “how can we structure our operations to engage as many volunteers as …
On the Power of Words
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I’m still catching up with sessions I was unable to attend at the AAM conference in May. (Recordings are available here, and attendees were emailed a code that can be used for free …