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For the Love of Front-End Research: How to make new ideas audience-centered using visitor studies

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By Elizabeth Bolander

Forming a Cultural Alliance through the Annual Survey of Museum-Goers

By Megan Wood & Cindy Foley

Lessons in Cross-Cultural Partnerships for Mid-Sized Museums

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By Nannette V. Maciejunes

Latest Stories from AAM

March Advocacy Updates – IMLS Update and Take Action

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By American Alliance of Museums
March 26, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: IMLS Update As a follow up to last week’s Advocacy Alert, we wanted to provide you with a few updates and additional ways you can take …

Urgent: Act Now to Save IMLS

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By American Alliance of Museums
NOW is the time to speak up for museums!  On March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, directing further cuts to …

Ask Your Museum’s Supporters to Save IMLS

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By American Alliance of Museums
Engaging your museum’s supporters and the public in museum advocacy can be a critical way to share the impacts recent Executive Orders have had on the museum field and garner support for …

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