CARE-apy: Psychological Science and the Visitor Experience
When visitors leave a museum, in what ways are they different than when they walked in? What intellectual connections did visitors make with the ideas and artifacts with which they …
The Best Museum Bathrooms, According to Museum People
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Alliance Blog
When you think of all the memorable, thoughtfully designed spaces in museums, the bathrooms may not be the first thing that come to mind. They aren’t usually considered the feather in an …
60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Small Museums are Thriving!
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this fast-paced and dynamic session, four small museum professionals showcase how small museums – which face …
#AAM2019 Keynote: Kippen de Alba Chu and Kimberly Drew
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2019 Annual Meeting
< Disclaimer: This video is unedited and contains several “unbeeped” profanities. Transcript Kippen de Alba Chu: Good morning, everyone. Yeah, this morning’s script was …
Museopunks Episode 26: Decolonize the Museum!
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Decolonization
The vision of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, describes how the museum “will reflect and realize the values of decolonization in all of its practices, working with the Wabanaki …
Leveraging Permanent Collection Objects for Collaboration and Change
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Throughout the museum field, institutions have been grappling with how to address problematic objects in their …
Different Lenses for Addressing Our Planet Crisis
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On-Demand Programs
It will take more than the media and science-based institutions to educate the population about the climate crisis and how individuals can take personal or collective action. This session …
Museopunks Episode 36: Queering Your Museum
The end of Pride Month does not mean that we should stop talking or thinking about LGBTQIA+ inclusion and queer curating practices in museums. This month, we’re joined by Craig Middleton …