Meet Marabou! The furry, friendly creature reimagining the museum
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Alliance Blog
When you visit a museum, do you feel empowered? Do you feel like you have authority and control of your experience? That’s why Marabou is here: to remind us that we all have agency in our …
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2019
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Alliance Blog
It was a whirlwind year of museums making themselves over for our changing world. Evolving ethics, social and technological transformation, and the looming presence of the bottom line are …
10 Tips for Creating an Engaging Museum Website
The American Alliance of Museums offers the following information from Francesca Parker, Director of Project Management at Purple Rock Scissors. The information shared here is based on the …
Individual Membership
Join now! Museum professionals can benefit at any career stage from student to retiree. As an Individual member, you may take advantage of these benefits and more: Highlights of Individual …
¡Bienvenidos a Nuestro Museo!
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
What is the role of Spanish-language advertising or exhibit labels i…
Renew your Membership
Renew my Individual Membership: Renew my Organizational Membership: You can renew your organization’s membership by logging in using your individual profile. You will be able to renew …
Museum Accessibility Helping Patrons Who Are Blind to See Your Exhibitions
Audio description (AD), a relatively inexpensive and readily available technology, broadens the museum experience for all people and particularly for patrons who cannot see or have low …
Search History: Enhancing museum collection access and reducing bias through public input in digital catalogues
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Museum Magazine
Including the public in digital catalogue descriptions will improve access to museum collections and help remove bias. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 …
Curators Take Flight: Four curators cast a wide eye on the shifting landscape for curatorial practice
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. It’s an exciting time to be a curator. The role is evolving and the …
Curatorial Chatbot: An Experiment with AI at the Nasher Museum of Art
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
CFM has explored museum applications of artificial intelligence (AI) since 2017, notably business analytics, customer service, collections data analysis, and provenance research. Today on …
A New Way to See: Looking at museums through the eyes of the blind
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Alliance Blog
Let’s talk about accessibility. In the twenty-first century era of inclusivity, museums are working towards making the visitor experience a more positive and unique one, as part of efforts …
Students Solve a History Mystery and Teach a Lesson in Collaboration
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Alliance Blog
Fourth and fifth graders at Silverton Elementary School reversed roles with teachers and set an example of how museums and schools can work together to broaden the telling of a community’s …