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Working as an exhibition designer, I hear from many museum employees that their least favorite part of the process is watching an exhibition come down knowing most of the exhibition …
In this recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, learn about the Heritage Museums and Gardens’ Strategic Sustainability Plan, which outlines the institution’s …
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With its exhibition on water, the Ontario Museum of History and Art aims to educate and empower its community and address its wellbeing. This article originally appeared …
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“People don’t have to do heroic things. Very few of us can do heroic things. But we can do little things. And at certain points in history, millions of those little things accumulate and …
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The United Nations (UN) Climate Week inspires individuals and organizations to become part of the momentum created by the global climate agreement in Paris. It is a collaborative platform …
Museums have huge roles to play in helping all imagine and contemplate a sustainable future through engagement. The buildings housing exhibits, interactive displays, and collections also …
Endowments are unique to institutions including museums. And today, museums are no longer limited to achieving missions through programming alone. Increasingly, investment committees look …
This booklet is based on the webinar co-sponsored by the AAM’s Environmental Climate Network and The Parque Explora in Medellin, Colombia. Museum leaders from 3 different continents came …
The COVID-19 crisis and exacerbated climate conditions around the world have prompted museums to think beyond their traditional role of cultural preservation. This program explores the UN …
The museum field has emphasized ethics and standards for at least a century—in fact, the need to solidify them was one of the primary reasons for the founding of AAM in 1906. And yet, …
Thanks to a recent renovation, AAM’s community forum Museum Junction is bigger and better than ever, with a host of new features and a growing list of nearly thirty branch communities …
Every week, Dispatches from the Center for the Future of Museums gives you an update on how the future is looking, for our world and for our field. In addition to broad signals of social, …
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