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The site of the earliest known temple on earth continues to keep its secrets

By Yasmine Seale, Apollo Magazine
One morning in May I stood in a dark room in southern Turkey, watching blue-skinned early humans domesticate wheat between bouts of interpretive dance. They were holograms, and they swayed …

Do museum directors need curatorial experience?

By Rober Hewison and Nicholas Penny, Apollo Magazine
The appointment of new directors at many of London's leading museums has provoked debate about what it takes to run a top institution. Are today's curators cut out for cultural …

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Museum Philanthropy & Fundraising Tipsheet

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By American Alliance of Museums
Category: Financial Sustainability
This tipsheet summarizes the transcript of a webinar presented by Charles Katzenmeyer, Eowyn Bates, Amy Burt, Shannon Joern, and Ginevra Ranney. It was developed with the help of ChatGPT. …

Speaking the Audience’s Language: A Q&A with James Heaton

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By Adam Rozan
Category: Alliance Blog
At some point in the pandemic, I was working on a project, and I needed a museum-based definition of a term relating to audience development and museum work. I started by flipping through a …

Striving for Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing

By John Russick and Jojo Galvan Mora
Category: Alliance Blog
In just a few months, a quarter of the twenty-first century will be behind us. Much has changed in museums over that time. Some of that change has been brought on by technology and new ways …

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