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The Promise of Virtual Education Programs: Cross-Cultural Exchange, School-Museum Collaborations, and STEAM Learning (and Lemurs!)
To continue providing meaningful experiences for pre-K through twelfth-grade audiences in the era of COVID-19, museums must re-envision educational practice for the virtual realm. By sharing about a pre-COVID virtual education program I … -
An International Collaboration to Promote STEAM Experiences
As museum educators, we often teach children to appreciate art as a method of self-expression, but we can also use it to engage them with challenging educational subjects. Research suggests there is educational value in interdisciplinary … -
Curator as Catalyst: How an interdisciplinary fellowship inspired “a new way of doing museum”
A few years ago, I had the unique opportunity to work across four fiercely independent and starkly different museums in the fine arts, sciences, and natural history. After being awarded ACLS Public Fellow with the Carnegie Museums of … -
Practicing innovation
How can we make ancient history relevant to our students today and their learning in the future? How can museums be an agent for innovation while supporting the learning goals of a K-12 school audience? Finding relevance and building …
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Trust and Community Responsibility, Part One: A 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
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January Advocacy Alert: Last Chance to Register for Museums Advocacy Day, NEA and NEH Funding Bill Approaches the Finish Line, and more
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – January 9, 2026 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Last Chance to …
Welcome to TrendsWatch: Questioning Assumptions
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“The problem with assumptions is that we believe they are the truth.” — Miguel Angel …