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Influence of Museums
A National Collaboration Unites Black Museums in Celebration of Juneteenth
African American museums across the country bear a glorious responsibility to educate and engage, to inform and inspire, to bring together and build. As anchors for this engagement …
Point of View: Collaboration as Resilience
The Prairie State Museums Project is a model for future museum partnerships. In the spring of 2020, AAM announced that one in three museums could close permanently as a result of the …
From the President and CEO: Resilient, Together
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. What does resiliency mean for a community, a museum, or the field at large? It …
Learn more about the Wing Luke Museum
“I do feel like museums can be life-giving, and we can be relevant, and we can be loved by our constituents. It is a role that needs to be played.” – Pau…
How the Frazier History Museum Is “Bridging the Divide” in Its City
The Frazier History Museum is located on Main Street in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, at the corner of Ninth Street. What makes our address significant, historically significant, is that …
From the President and CEO: Rebuilding for Our Future
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The past year has demonstrated where we, as a society, have found strength: …
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2020
If 2019 was a “whirlwind year,” 2020 was a full-blown tornado. Forces that had been gathering speed in the museum field—like growing emphases on digital content and diversity, equity, …
An End-of-Year Message from Laura Lott, AAM President and CEO
Hello AAMers, I’m sending this video today to reflect with you on this historic year. It has tested us in ways few of us could have imagined. Probably like you, I have uttered a few …
Curiosity: A Primer
In the museum field, we sometimes talk about how we are in the “curiosity business.” Yet even still, it often feels that our field perceives nurturing curiosity as …
Never Waste the Walls: What PK-12 Schools Can Learn from Museum Design
Generally speaking, children are much more enthusiastic about heading to a children’s museum than school, even though learning occurs in both places. Visit a children’s museum any day of …
How the Cincinnati Museum Center Reinvented Itself after Racial Justice Protests in 2001
Watching people of all ages, races, religions, and nationalities stand up for equality in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, my thoughts have drifted back to my time at the Cincinnati …
How to Stay Informed While Staying Sane
Note: This post was updated on October 28, 2024. I sometimes joke that my animal avatar is a Whale Shark, because it’s my job to trawl the ocean of news every day, filtering masses of …