Accessible Communications Guidelines
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Accessibility
Advisors: Alex Ying Chen, Bojana Coklyat, Sky Cubacub, Dawn Koceja, and Emmanuel Von Schack Download a PDF version of this guide. Introduction Over sixty million adults in the United …
CSISOS: Cool Sessions in Search of Speakers
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The call for proposals for the AAM 2013 annual meeting closes on Friday, Aug. 24. As I’ve explained in an earlier post, this year AAM is encouraging people to post early drafts of their …
Disrupting the Traditional Narrative: Including Oral Histories in Museums
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Museums have been guilty of discounting oral histories as “non-academic” or “inappropriate” methods of …
Of Law and Ethics: What do museums need to know in this new era of cultural property ownership disputes?
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. A tension often exists between the law and the ethics of collecting cultural …
Navigating a Disrupted Future at #AAM2021
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
How is a talk different from a written report? How is a digital presentation different from its analog kin? Earlier this week I gave my annual TrendsWatch session at the #AAM2021 virtual …
A Museum-School Partnership: Why It’s Important & How It Works
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Alliance Blog
Ellen Balkin is the Education Manager and Suzanna Ritz is the Curriculum Coordinator for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. By all accounts, the educational landscape of New Orleans has …
Museum-Healthcare Partnerships: A Growing Initiative
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Alliance Blog
With increasing frequency, museums and cultural institutions are becoming trusted sources for information on health. Leveraging their reputation for credible information, and their ability …
TrendsWatch 2019: Confronting the Past: The long, hard work of decolonization
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is one of the five trends from the 2019 TrendsWatch. Click here to read more about the full report. “Colonialism and imperialism have not settled their debt to us once they have …
Forecasting the Future of History Organizations and Their Leaders
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
For three weeks every November leaders and practitioners from the field of the public history meet at the Seminar for Historical Administration to discuss challenges and future directions …
Making History Accessible: Toolkit for Multisensory Interpretation
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On-Demand Programs
In 2019, the Intrepid Museum and New York University Ability Project brought together staff of historic sites, disability advocates, and experts in historic preservation and museum …
60 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Small Museums are Thriving!
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this fast-paced and dynamic session, four small museum professionals showcase how small museums – which face …
Ceding Authority and Seeding Trust
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Through a decolonizing collections practice, the San Diego Museum of Man is …