What Does a Welcoming Online Collections Portal Look Like?
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Alliance Blog
In late February 2020, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University became the latest institution to launch an online collections portal, a feature that is increasingly …
Education & Interpretation Resources
Standards The Alliance shares standards on Education and Interpretation. Audience Research and Evaluation This section provides resources for understanding visitors and the different types …
Stories of Inclusion: ADA@25 and Universal Design at Cultural Institutions
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On-Demand Programs
This recorded webinar will help guide you in finding approaches to sharing information and telling compelling stories that can help audiences make meaning of their museum ex…
CARE-apy: On the Road to Welcome: Starting your accessibility journey
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Accessibility
The concepts of accessibility and inclusion are not new. There is not, however, a straightforward blueprint for doing this work in a clear-cut and approachable way, meaning many museum …
Education and Interpretation
Standards The Alliance shares standards on Education and Interpretation. Audience Research and Evaluation This section provides resources on understanding visitors and the different types …
Imprint Series: Video & Discussion Guides
The Museum Imprint Series reflects on some of the pivotal movements that shaped the US museum field over the past four decades, driving progress, inspiring promise, and nurturing …
The Museum of the Future—your vision reflected here?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
A friend who works with, but not in, museums has asked me for predictions regarding characteristics of the museum of the future. He is working on an interesting project to create a …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two …
Philosophy of Choice: What if visitors could choose their own intellectual pathways in museum exhibitions?
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Museum Magazine
What if visitors could choose their own intellectual pathways in museum exhibitions? This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 issue, a benefit of …
Museum Design 2034: Respite and Retreat
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is the third installment of a series of “stories from the future” illustrating how museum practitioners can use trends data as a jumping off point for exploring potential futures. …
Sofa So Good: A word on behalf of older folks
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Alliance Blog
I don’t know about you, but a career in museums has made it very difficult for me to be a satisfied museum visitor. I find that I am always peering into “how the sausage is made,” as it …
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2024
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Alliance Blog
The museum field has emphasized ethics and standards for at least a century—in fact, the need to solidify them was one of the primary reasons for the founding of AAM in 1906. And yet, …