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Table Setting: The work before the work

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By Levon Williams

The Advantages of Being a Small Museum

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By Carissa Pfeiffer

A Reading Group for Building Inclusive Museums

By Rose Paquet and Janeen Bryant

Latest Stories from AAM

Sharing Snippets from AAM 2025

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By Elizabeth Merritt
Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
It was lovely to see over 4,000 of you in Los Angeles last week! I hope those of you who did attend share what you learned through conversation, social media, blog posts, presentations to …

Updates on IMLS and the President’s Budget

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By American Alliance of Museums
Advocacy Alert – May 2, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Lawsuit Updates IMLS Lawsuit: Yesterday, a judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order to prevent the Trump …

Strategies for Building Community: Lessons from the “Gallery Guide Guide”

By Sydney Skelton Simon & Molleen Theodore
Category: Alliance Blog
Hi! We are Sydney Skelton Simon, the Bradley Associate Curator of Academic Affairs, and Molleen Theodore, the Jane and Gerald Katcher Curator of Programs, at the Yale University Art Gallery …

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