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Introducing the 2022 Edition of TrendsWatch
As a child, I fell in love with museums for the good they did for me: providing a place of wonder, exploration, refuge, and, as I aged into teen-dom, an opportunity for meaningful work as a volunteer. As an adult, I fell in love with … -
FIRE! Providing Comfort in a Moment of Crisis
Museums make their communities better, stronger, and more resilient in myriad ways. Some of these are directly related to their missions: enriching local education, improving health and well-being via arts engagement, providing context … -
Museum Staff as Disaster Service Workers
Last month I put out a call on Museum Junction for examples of museums helping their communities plan for and respond to disasters. Among the many exceptional stories submitted by respondents, one stood out by virtue of framing the issue … -
Thinking about the Unthinkable: Disaster preparedness and emergency response plans for small museums
Since 1981, the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) has been assisting small and mid-sized museums in their quest to achieve best practices and national standards. The process begins with an application to AAM for one of the assessments, … -
Collaborating with Emergency Responders to Protect Cultural Heritage
Protecting cultural heritage collections is crucial to preserving our nation’s history, sustaining the economy, and fostering resilience so that communities can respond to and recover from disasters of all shapes and sizes. Most cultural …
Tag: emergency response
Upcoming Events
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MuseumNext Forecast Summit
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Making the Case: Story + Data Advocacy for Museums
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Museum Wellness Summit
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Latest Stories from AAM
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 …
Info Sheet: New York County District Attorney Targeting Museums Outside of its Jurisdiction
Background: The Art Institute of Chicago is involved in civil litigation in Illinois over …