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Join #5WomenArtists

By Stacy Meteer

Ask someone to name five artists and responses will likely include names such as Warhol, Picasso, van Gogh, Monet, da Vinci—all male artists. Ask someone to name five women artists, and the question poses more of a challenge. The truth is …
7 Factors That Drive Museum Wages Down

By Michael Holland

Several years ago, a good friend of mine and I were talking about our careers, and he asked how mine was going. I said that I was pretty much doing my dream job, I only wished that I could get paid more. His response was, “I don’t …
Lorem Ipsum: 5 Keys to Speaking the Same Language as Your Project Team

By David Whitemyer, AIA

My financial planner talks at lightning speed, using terms like “asset class diversification,” “large-cap funds,” and “variable annuity.” Embarrassingly, I don’t know what any of it means, and it’s overwhelming. I simply want him to …
Leaving the country for new models and brilliant inspirations! “My Primary School is at the Museum” and the Museum Association Conference 2017

By Sage Morgan Hubbard

I have been blessed to attend many conferences over the course of my Ford W. Bell fellowship and have helped support many projects over the past year, however, none have been as comprehensive and accessible as the “My Primary School …
The Elephant in the Room

By John Fraser

In the January 2018 special issue of Curator: The Museum Journal, several authors explore the issue of ivory and what it means to museums collections today. Here’s a review from the Editor John Fraser and the Guest Editors for the Special …
Watch an overview of the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening

By Sage Morgan Hubbard

Please check out more about our November Museums & Schools: The LA Convening and be ready for the Museums & Schools: Phoenix edition on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at our upcoming annual meeting. We can’t wait to share with you and …
Quick wins for building empathy with visitors: 4 hacks inspired by School Retool

By Dana Mitroff Silvers

This post originally appeared on Design Thinking for Museums and is republished here with permission. Last spring and this winter, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a coach for a project called School Retool, an initiative …
Sharing Outcomes from “Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar” – Opening remarks by Laura Lott

By Laura Lott

This post is adapted from opening remarks made by Alliance CEO Laura Lott at “Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar: Creating Early Interventions to Prevent Deaccessioning Crises,” a convening held December 14-15, 2017 in Cambridge, …
What does collaborative learning look like for museum professionals?

By Ivy Young

Museum associations, like the organizations they serve, face significant shifts in responding to 21st-century learning models that emphasize opportunities for building new skills and practices in self-directed, participant-centered, and …
The power of evaluation: Assessing how museum experiences influence classroom practice at the Monticello Teacher Institute

By Lora Cooper

When teachers talk about the value of field trips to their students, the power of experiencing history or being in “the room where it happen[ed]” to quote Lin-Manuel Miranda, is often mentioned. The same is true for teachers themselves, …