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AI Adolescence
Category: Museum MagazineSuccess in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks. —Stephen Hawking This article … -
Effective Exhibitions Should Provoke!
Category: Exhibition JournalEffective exhibitions disrupt the notion that history remains locked in the past. Done right, an exhibition can make history a practical tool for justice by recovering silenced narratives … -
Doing Our Part
Category: Museum MagazineMuseums can simultaneously make their exhibitions more sustainable and improve soc… -
Food Forward: Eat and drink trends in museums
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the May/June 2015 edition of the Museum magazine. Museums today are leveraging eating, drinking and tasting in new ways for visitors. Institutions … -
A Liberatory Framework: Critical race theory can help museums commit to anti-racism and combat anti-blackness
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical … -
The Museum Inside Out: The Chicago History Museum’s three decades of transformation offers a window into the changing role of curators and community engagement.
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Founded in 1856, the Chicago Historical Society was imagined at a time … -
The Grande Race: Making The City a Museum Without Walls
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the May/June 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. On a sunny summer afternoon, there are few people touring the galleries at the Grand Rapids Public … -
4 Ideas to Create Linguistic Accessibility at Museums
Category: Alliance BlogThough the word “accessibility” has often been equated with giving access to those with disabilities, it can also mean something broader. Accessibility means looking at everything we create … -
Museums and Personalized Learning
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogTechnology is fueling personalization of products, services, communications and experiences. We explored some of the implications of this trend in TrendsWatch 2015, but the impact and … -
“Most Americans are trapped in a history that they do not understand”
Category: Alliance BlogThe 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 …
