New Visions is a process of inquiry and strategic thinking to help staff and boards work collectively to improve the museum's learning climate, focus priorities, create a vision for the future, and move the museum toward broad-based improvement and change.   This framework was developed as a response to Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums which challenged museums to assert their central public service role in community life. New Visions focuses on dialogue, assessment, vision, and action to guide museums through institutional change.  New Visions explains the concepts, describes what it takes to make the concepts work, elaborates the benefits, and provides practice examples and practical advice.

Resources on New Visions

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	Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums This report affirms the contributions museums make to the educational needs of the nation and helps museums define how well they are carrying out their educational mission and serving the public.
	New Visions: Tools for Change in Museums New Visions provides a practical, interactive framework for assessing the current status and future directions of your institution, thus maximizing your ability to meet your mission and put Excellence and Equity into action.

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AAM Information Center Sample Documents

The Information Center offers customized reference services, including sample documents, to AAM member museums.  Museums can expect a reply within 48 hours.  Member museums may contact the Information Center at infocenter@aam-us.org or 202-289-1818.

Museum Assessment Program: Public Dimension Assessment

The Public Dimension Assessmentassesses both the public's perception of, and its experience and involvement with, the museum.