Recent Posts by Laura Lott
A Farewell from AAM’s Departing President & CEO
Category:
Alliance Blog
It has been an incredible honor to lead the American Alliance of Museums and to work with all of you for the last thirteen years. Throughout my tenure, I visited hundreds of museums and …
From the President and CEO: Getting Out of the Box
Category:
Museum Magazine
For generations, much of the American public has put museums in a box, seeing them as nice places to visit on occasions like annual school field trips but not community anchors essential to …
From the President: The Subject of a Story
Category:
Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s March/April 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. By the time you read this, I will have just joined hundreds of museum …
Museums Advocacy Day 2023 Welcome Remarks
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Advocacy
Prepared Remarks of Laura L. Lott President and CEO, American Alliance of Museums Welcome session from Museums Advocacy Day 2023 February 27, 2023 —– Hello, museum advocates, …
From the President and CEO: Seeing the Future
Category:
Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. What if someone had told you in 2012 that something called augmented …
An End-of-Year Note to the Museum Field
Category:
Alliance Blog
This past year has continued to show that our new normal is a precarious one. Our communities have been facing massive challenges on a daily basis, whether due to the impacts of the climate …