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We must decolonize our museums!
“Museums can be very painful sites for Native peoples, as they are intimately tied to the colonization process,” writes Ho-Chunk scholar Amy Lonetree. Reading this passage for the first time in 2012 stopped me in my tracks and forced me … -
10 Easy Ways Museums Can Be More LGBTQ-friendly
Have you ever been bothered by something, found co-workers who were bothered by the same thing, put your heads together, and made change happen? That’s pretty much how in 2010 we got Chicago Children’s Museum’s LGBTQ Inclusion initiative … -
My Primary School is at the Museum – Squaring the Circle
Just one year ago I felt I was still dreaming about the idea of running a proof of concept project to examine whether or not it could be a good idea to co-locate primary schools, or even nurseries, with neighborhood museums. Collections … -
Election 2016: What it means for museums
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Building Cultural Empathy
Dr. Jay Xu is Director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. As a passionate champion of Asian art and culture, Dr. Xu is committed to sharing his extensive knowledge of Asian art … -
Transcripts and Captions for Digital Video
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Transcripts and Captions for Digital Video
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Women’s Locker Room Talk: Gender and Leadership in Museums
Kaywin Feldman is the Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) since 2008. She also serves on the boards of National Arts Strategies, the Chipstone Foundation, and the American Alliance of … -
AAM’s Organizational Culture: It’s About How We Work
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Anatomy of a Lunchtime Conversation
Last week we noticed an intriguing Twitter conversation originating from a question Chad Weinard posed to the Twitterverse. The resulting conversation meanders in several directions addressing what museums could learn from tech companies, …
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Latest Stories from AAM
AAM Statement Regarding the December 18 White House Letter to the Smithsonian Institution
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Press Release
The American Alliance of Museums is aware of the White House’s December 18, 2025 letter …
December Advocacy Alert: Museums Advocacy Day Registration Open, IMLS Grants Restored, and more
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – December 12, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Museums …
The Next Incarnation of Dispatches from the Future of Museums
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
On September 2, 2009, the Center for the Future of Museums sent the first edition of …