Practicing What We Preach
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Museum Magazine
Museum studies graduate students co-curate a feminist art exhibition to test assumptions on ideal approaches to inclusion. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2020 issue …
10 Best Practices of Accessible Museum Websites
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Alliance Blog
This article explores ten high-impact areas you should consider to enhance your website’s accessibility and bring it into conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), …
MUSE Award Categories
The onsite digital experience category has been paused for 2020 to recognize the closure and restrictions placed on museums by COVID-19. Any projects wanting to submit in this category from …
Bookstore
Book Titles From titles covering DEAI and governance to exhibitions and digital, the Alliance partners with the internationally known Bloomsbury Publishing to provide the best and most …
Chatting About Museums with ChatGPT
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Two months ago, the research and development lab OpenAI released ChatGPT, an interactive “chatbot” powered by artificial intelligence. Chatbots aren’t new (I’ve been writing about …
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 …
Saying No: A Practical Guide
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Alliance Blog
Most of us in the museum field feel we have too much work and too little time. No matter how much we get done, our to-do lists never seem to get any shorter—only longer by leaps and bounds. …
Unlawful Appropriation of Objects During the Nazi Era
This area of collections stewardship is of such sensitivity and high importance that it has separate standards and best-practice statements regarding a museum’s obligations. These …
Now What?: Project Ideas for Museum Staff Working Remotely
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Alliance Blog
By now, most of us are well into our stints of working from home. But weeks or months in, you might be finding it hard to think of new tasks you can do without access to your physical site. …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two …