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Introducing Fifteen Visions of Museum Futures
Today AAM published a collection of fifteen papers exploring the next horizon of museum practice with regard to voluntary repatriation, restitution, and reparations. This is your invitation …
Introducing our Summit Speakers
I’m hunkered down writing introductions for the speakers taking the virtual stage next week for the second annual Future of Museums Summit. One of the things I like best about this event is …
Cultivating AI: Developing AI Guidelines and Literacy Resources at the Carter
Each year, AAM’s TrendsWatch serves as the launch pad for a longer, deeper exploration of the forces shaping our world. In the following months following the release of the …
Announcing the Museum Playful Learning Collective: Shaping the Future of Early Childhood Education
I’m a huge believer in museums as essential educational infrastructure. Not just as providers of supplemental out-of-school experiences, but as organizations that excel in …
Reviving Roots: Clyfford Still Museum and the Colville Confederated Tribes Partner for the Future
As part of the Alliance’s current Next Horizon of Museum Practice project, CFM has been highlighting stories of museums trying to redress the cumulative historical effects of harm to …
Museum Apprenticeships as Entry Points for Future Leaders
Earlier this year, the National Council of Nonprofits released a report documenting that workforce shortages continue to be a major problem for US nonprofits. The report also identified …
Join Me for a New Series to Chat About the Future
Starting in August, AAM is piloting Future Chats, a series of short dives into some of the latest news. These one hour, online sessions will be dedicated to informal, interactive …
Mental Health for All
This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and …
Livable Communities for Our Elders
This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “Ageism is a prejudice against our own future selves and takes …
Education for Our Children
This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “Given the challenges we face, education doesn’t need to be …
Right-Sizing the World
This excerpt is adapted from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “I don’t know why people feel unhappy when the curve of a …
Help Pioneer Better Measures of Museum Performance
What’s the best way to measure a museum’s success? And by “best,” I mean meaningful and sustainable. “Meaningful” in the form of metrics that will make a community feel it has been well …
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In the Line of Duty: Supporting and Training Frontline Museum Staff
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