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Making History Accessible: Toolkit for Multisensory Interpretation
Category: On-Demand ProgramsIn 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 … -
From Neutrality to Narrative: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Exhibiting Science
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2026) Vol. 45 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In a rapidly changing world marked by ecological crises, … -
Creating Connections: Merging Lifelong Learning and Music Therapy
Category: Alliance BlogThe Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona, celebrates music and world cultures through a multisensory experience—where guests can “travel” the globe through the sights and … -
Questioning Assumptions: The Ideal Employee:Volunteer Ratio
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogToday’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
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI’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 … -
2019 MUSE Award Winners
AR, VR, and Mixed Reality Gold René Magritte: The Fifth Season Interpretive Gallery San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “Absolutely incredible, a very playful exhibit that engages visitors. … -
An Afrofuturist School Program Empowers Children to Envision the Future
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogFuturism is a powerful tool to share with kids—equipping them to think about the world they want to live in when they grow up, challenging them to make it better. Today on the blog, … -
Where does my museum start with the new NAGPRA regulations
The following guidance was developed with the assistance of subject matter experts in the museum field. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), enacted in 1990, … -
Museums in Good Health
Category: Museum MagazineThe article originally appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. An adapted excerpt from Museums On Call: How Museums Are … -
March/April 2024 Preview
In this issue: Mar/Apr 2024 issue By the Numbers: Museum Volunteers Explore some of the data from 5,340 museum volunteers who participated in the 2023 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers. (US …
