2025 Annual Conference-Call for session proposals
Event Date:
Presented by:
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
Cincinnati, OH
Posts
Art Museums
Museum as Living Room: A Q&A with Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ Victoria Ramirez
I believe museums matter because they serve as vital community spaces, where we can meet, mingle, work, learn, study, daydream, and everything in between. I came to this realization, in …
Reframing the Collection: How a Literary Catalog Experiment Brought New Voices to Interpretation
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art (Stanley) is part of the arts ecosystem at the country’s premier university for the study of creative writing. As a curatorial team, we have …
Tales from Campus: Connecting Community in the Time of COVID
What’s it like to be an undergrad this year? The social experience of college is as important as the academic content, but many students are attending class online from their dorm rooms, …
Digital Gold: Queering Flat Spaces
As museums address issues of access to collections, galleries, and education during COVID-19, many have chosen to shift to a digital space to connect with the public and continue their …
“Pay As You Stay” – an alternative pricing model for museums?
This year’s TrendsWatch cites buy-ahead pricing as one tool for enhancing revenue and managing attendance. In today’s guest post, Managing Director Tom Schoessler tells us how the Weserburg …
Nasher Windows launches rotating series of installation viewable through museum’s vestibule
While the Nasher Sculpture Center is closed to the public due to COVID-19, it making art available to the public through a series of rotating displays in the building’s windows, …
What Will Become of Interactive Art When Museums Reopen?
Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. The Alliance Blog is supported by …
#5WomenArtists Shaping Museum Practice
Museums are among the most trusted sources of information and can use that superpower of trust to nudge society towards preferred futures. Today on the blog, Amy Mannarino, Director of …
The Transformative Power of Inclusive Storytelling in Museums
My mentor Dr. Johnnetta Cole, the former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), often says, “It’s easy to live without art, but it’s hard to live well.” For me, …
Making Space for Community Partners
The 2019 AAM Annual Meeting was hosted in Louisiana—a state known for its rich culinary and musical traditions that attract droves of tourists. But another notable, though less touristy, …
Speechless: A sensory exhibition charts a new path to accessibility in learning
Museums are constantly experimenting with how we can present content in ways that engage and inform a wide audience. Part of the challenge is to consider issues of accessibility and …
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 …
Upcoming Events
View All Events
Latest Stories from AAM
Now Available: On-Demand Sessions from AAM 2024
Category:
Alliance Blog
Couldn’t make it to Baltimore this spring for the AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo? Wishing you could replay a session that’s been on your mind ever since? Good news! A …
November Advocacy Updates – Museums Advocacy and What the election means for museums
Category:
Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – November 15, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Registration Opening Soon: Museums Advocacy Day 2025 – Feb. 24-25 Nominate a Legislator: Nominate a …
K-12 History Education, Museums, and Perceived Curricular Gaps: A 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
Category:
Alliance Blog
This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the …