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Sharing Authority with Indigenous Peoples
Category: On-Demand ProgramsMuseums 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 … -
Ceding Authority and Seeding Trust
Category: Museum MagazineThis 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 … -
Designing for a Divided People: Planning the permanent exhibition for the Kurdistan Museum, Erbil
Category: Alliance Blog“The next generation do not know about it. I talk to them, but it’s not like a film. If I tell them it may not stick, this way is more permanent.” Najiba Ahmad Hakeem, Kanitu Village, … -
A Transformative Journey
Category: Museum MagazineParticipating in Facing Change has helped the Naper Settlement board and staff transform the i… -
Invitation to Introspection
Category: Museum MagazineThe Exploratorium’s free, outdoor exhibition helped people understand the factors that contribute to both compassion and po… -
Expanding Public Value
Category: Museum MagazineAs you build bridges with communities, consider using dig… -
Building Access Culture: Intentional Strategies for Museums
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2025) Vol. 44 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. In Fall 2023, Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) launched its Access … -
Labor 3.0: Museums and Co-working Spaces
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogFinding a stable business model for museums in the 21st century is going to take more than patching the old income streams. The goals and expectations of government funding and philanthropy … -
Engaging Multilingual Audiences through Translation
Category: Industry AdvertorialThis post is an advertorial written by a company that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and … -
Resisting the Colonial Imagination: The Role of Exhibition Design in the Decolonial Project
Category: Exhibition JournalIt is Monday morning at First Americans Museum (FAM), and a group of fifth graders are bustling with excitement as they embark on a gallery tour. A museum educator welcomes the students in …
