The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2023
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Alliance Blog
2023 was a year of deep reflection for museums, both inward and outward. Facing continued disruptions from the long tail of the pandemic—especially to staffing, attendance, and finances—the …
Wild Times: In which social service nonprofits save the day.
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Future Forecasting
Introduction to This Scenario A wild card scenario explores the kind of low-probability, high-impact event that can disrupt the best-laid plans. Though you shouldn’t obsess about these …
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 …
Navigating Partisan Tensions
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On-Demand Programs: Future of Museums
This recording is from the Future of Museums Summit held November 1-2, 2023. The ongoing nationwide political climate and the evolving “culture wars” are resonating deeply …
Get it Together: A Regional Approach to Connect to Descendant Communities
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On-Demand Programs
Museums that care for Native American cultural objects or educate the public on Native American histories must work with descendant communities. Outreach from multiple institutions, …
Protected: Imprint Series: The Social Work of Museums
There is no excerpt because this is a prot…
Labor of Love: Revaluing Museum Work
This post was originally published on Medium, December 20, 2017. Over the last few years, museum workers have been increasingly vocal about job dissatisfaction. At the 2015 American …
CARE-apy: Belonging in Cultural Institutions
Approaches, Findings & Future Directions for the Field What does belonging look like in cultural institutions? We’ll share how two projects worked to understand belonging – across a …
Curating Trauma and Violence: Preparing and Caring for Communities and Staff
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this recorded session, museum professionals from various institutions – a museum focused on the Holocaust, a …