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Navigating Partisan Tensions: Your Questions Answered
Category: Alliance BlogLast year’s inaugural Future of Museums Summit featured a stellar panel discussion on the topic of “Navigating Partisan Tensions in Museums.” In the session, a formidable group of museum … -
When a Private Museum Has Massive Public Support
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogEven before the 2008 financial collapse only 56 percent of museums received support from local government, and that funding made up about 10 percent of their overall operating budget. The … -
The Long Game at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Category: Museum MagazineThe Detroit Institute of Arts’ journey to expand accessibility has been decades-long and is still ongoing. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2025 issue, a … -
Increase Engagement & Protect Collections with Visible Storage
Category: Industry AdvertorialAt a time when museum professionals are seeking new and meaningful ways to engage visitors, the concept of visible storage has emerged as a practical way to promote better access while also … -
Exhibition Critique: A Celebration and a Reclamation
Category: Exhibition JournalThis exhibition critique first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Exhibition information: Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s … -
The Concept of An Exhibition
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. An excerpt from Exhibitions · Concept Planning and Design, The AAM Press, 2012. Museum objects are like … -
Looking Back to Move Forward: Examining Institutional Racism in Reprising “Afro-American Images 1971”
Category: Alliance BlogIn February 1971, a newly formed Delaware organization, Aesthetic Dynamics Inc., presented its first major undertaking: an exhibition of over 130 works of art—drawings, prints, photographs, … -
The Peabody Essex Museum’s Climate + Environment Initiative Seeks to Create a Different Climate Future
Category: Alliance BlogAs the director of an interactive art and nature space, I’ve included climate change as a topic in many shows and programs over the years. But until recently, I had convinced myself that … -
Accessible Communications Guidelines
Category: AccessibilityAdvisors: Alex Ying Chen, Bojana Coklyat, Sky Cubacub, Dawn Koceja, and Emmanuel Von Schack Download a PDF version of this guide. Introduction Over sixty million adults in the United … -
AAM Recognizes 8 Individuals and 4 Institutions for Exemplary Work in the Museum Field
Category: Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release ARLINGTON, VA – The Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, …
