Improving Access to Employment for People with Disabilities
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The museum sector is working to increase the diversity of our workforce through a variety of ways: for example, how we craft position requirements, word job announcements, and conduct …
Forecasting the Future of Accessibility: Please Touch or Don’t Touch?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I wish I could preview my Inbox from 2036. How come Outlook doesn’t have an option for that? As a member of AAM’s staff Ethics Taskforce, I help answer plaintive, irate, indignant and …
Museum Accessibility: An Art and a Science
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Alliance Blog
Over the past decade, conversations about accessibility have increased within the museum field, and many organizations including AAM have identified it as a priority. There is not, however, …
4 Ideas to Create Linguistic Accessibility at Museums
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Alliance Blog
Though the word “accessibility” has often been equated with giving access to those with disabilities, it can also mean something broader. Accessibility means looking at everything we create …
Speechless: A sensory exhibition charts a new path to accessibility in learning
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Alliance Blog
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 …
Object Marking
Ensuring that an individual object can be located and associated with its various documentation is an important element of collections management. Knowing how best to mark various types of …
Online Programs: Education and Interpretation
Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing If you are learning how to write exhibition labels or want to reinvigorate your current label writing, this program will guide you in finding …
Access Journey: From One-Off Events to Creating a Culture of Accessibility
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On-Demand Programs
How do we ensure that our accessibility efforts are all-encompassing and more than a one-off event? Creating an institutionalized culture of accessibility might feel like an overwhelming …
Online Programs: Mission and Institutional Planning
Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing If you are learning how to write exhibition labels or want to reinvigorate your current label writing, this program will guide you in finding …
Take a Seat
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2008 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Here is a scene I witnessed on a recent visit to a major American art …
The Most Active Museum Junction Threads of 2024
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Alliance Blog
Thanks to a recent renovation, AAM’s community forum Museum Junction is bigger and better than ever, with a host of new features and a growing list of nearly thirty branch communities …
The Pains and Pleasures of Being a First-Generation Museum Person
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Alliance Blog
Every few months or so, there’s a family gathering. From a birthday celebration to a family cookout, my family never seems to have a shortage of reasons to gather. At the time of this …