A Game for (Future) Good: FutureCoast
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The first trend CFM tackled, with the help of futurist and games-designer Dr. Jane McGonigal, was the rise of “gaming for good” and the potential for games-design to make museum experiences …
Language/Arts: How the Verbal and Visual Intersect in Museums
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Alliance Blog
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or so the aphorism tells us. What, then, is the value of a single word? That is the question I have explored time and again as an educator in an art …
Don’t Miss the Full Picture
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Museum Magazine
A museum’s financial reports must be crafted and communicated in ways that engender trust and strategic decision-making. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2025 …
Reviewing staff and administrative policies
Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field: These resources have been taken out from behind the member paywall to make them free and accessible for all. The current crisis is taking a …
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the future workforce
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This week’s Dispatches from the Future of Museums features a story about a report from the Labor Department that shows the rate of volunteerism in the U.S,. is the lowest it has been …
Point of View: Repairing Leader-Staff Trust
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Museum Magazine
Claims about integrity, benevolence, and sincerity are at the heart of many internal organizational conflicts. In an increasingly polarized world, contentious issues—and discussions of …
Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like …
September/October 2024 Preview
In this issue: September/October 2024 issue By the Numbers: Leadership Outlook » Stats from AAM’s Museum Board Leadership Report and surveys conducted on the needs of AAM members shed …
Our Opportunity for Change
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Museum Magazine
Using media and technology in exhibition design leads to wider and deeper audience …
Strategizing Me: Make a Personal Career Plan
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Museum Magazine
This article appeared in the March/April 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Effective leaders create mission statements to shape their museum careers. The one thing that can be said …
Tech Talk: Microsoft’s Library & Museum Digital Transformation Framework
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On-Demand Programs: Digital Programming
This is a recorded Tech Talk from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Presented by Microsoft Transcript Catherine Devine: Hi everyone, my name is Catherine Devine and …
Bookstore
Book Titles From titles covering DEAI and governance to exhibitions and digital, the Alliance partners with Rowman & Littlefield to publish the best and most comprehensive literature …