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Toward Equity in Metadata: How Sandy Spring Museum Is Going beyond Reparative Cataloging
Equity: freedom from bias or favoritism Metadata: data that describes and provides context for digital items, which in turn helps users find and discover these resources. Though Black and white residents numbered almost equally throughout … -
Black History in Our Own Backyard: Building Community in a COVID World
Lately, at the Neill-Cochran House Museum we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what community means, and the best way we can define it for our institution. This question has become even more critical since the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Upcoming Events
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2026 AIC & CAC Annual Meeting & Conference
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Leadership Succession Plans and Planning
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Honoring African American History in America’s 250th
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Latest Stories from AAM
AAM Welcomes New Board Officers and Five New Board Members
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Press Release
For immediate release Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the …
“Growing Your Elders”: “Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi”: An Exhibition Curated by the Children of the Colville Confederated Tribes
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Museum standards emerge over time as the museum sector challenges norms, reexamines …
Affinity Community Town Hall On-Demand Program
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On-Demand Programs
The American Alliance of Museums is launching new affinity communities in 2026! Organized …