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17 new museums opening in 2022
Blooloop rounds up seventeen new museums opening this year around the world, focusing on everything from Korean American history, to electronic music, to rob…
Adrienne Arsht Gives the Met $5 Million for Paid Internships and MetLiveArts Programming Focused on Themes of Resilience
Unpaid internships contribute to lack of diversity in museum staff, by creating an economic barrier to entering the field. This story documents how one donor has stepped forward to …
Silent No More: The new Lucy Burns Museum speaks to the centennial of suffrage
Suffragists are recorded as the first in US history to use silence as protest, calling themselves “Silent Sentinels.” US suffragists (rather than British suffragettes) were also the first …
New £250m fund for culture launched in UK
The UK government has launched a new £250 million fund for the culture and creative sector, which will benefit innovative cultural projects, libraries, and museums. “Creative and cultural …
onePULSE purchases land for Pulse Museum
The not-for-profit onePULSE Foundation has purchased land for a museum that will honor the victims, survivors, first responders, and families involved in the mass shooting at Pulse …
Flies in the Buttermilk: Museums, Diversity, and the Will to Change
This essay originally appeared in the July/August 2000 issue of Museum News, a publication of the American Alliance of Museums. Lonnie G. Bunch III later became the founding director of the …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 11/10/2017
In honor of Veterans Day, we are sharing several accredited military and veterans museums you might want to visit sometime soon (hint, hint). 1. The United States Army Women’s Museum …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 9/29/2017
1. We’re getting more news about the situation in Puerto Rico where Hurricane Maria took a devastating toll on the island. Thanks to artnet news for its continued coverage of effects of …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 9/22/2017
1. The last few Roundups have centered around museums and natural disasters with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Unfortunately, this week the theme continues with sad news of an earthquake in …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 9/15/2017
1. In the U.S. we’ve talked quite a bit about the place of confederate statues and names reflecting that past in our communities. Here’s a story where a Dutch museum takes action to change …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 9/8/2017
1. Last week’s Roundup focused on Houston and the effects of Hurricane Harvey. This week the southeast is bracing for Hurricane Imra, which has already devastated island communities …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 9/01/2017
Last week Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston and other parts of the gulf coast. Our thoughts are with our many museum colleagues affected by the storm’s effects. This week’s Roundup …
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Robust Research, Healthy Communities
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Alliance Blog
Attending this year’s AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, one of my priorities was to take in some of the rich variety of research-related sessions on offer. I was particularly interested …
The Greater Good: A Q&A with Author Sandy Skees on Purpose
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Alliance Blog
If you know me and follow this series, you probably know about my obsession with purpose and its power to make good organizations great. When I come across a book or article on purpose, I …
What Can Museums Learn from the Connected Learning Framework?
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Alliance Blog
How would you try to convince a naysayer of the value of arts education? Maybe you would plead for the value of these subjects in their own right, citing the mind-expanding powers of …