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The below list is a compilation of content related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis
Legislative Updates and Museums Advocacy Day 2022
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Advocacy Alert – October 29, 2021 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Help Preserve Museum Jobs: Tell Congress to Retain the Employee Retention Tax Credit for Nonprofits Good News: …
Picture of Health: How MFA, St. Petersburg, Reimagined the Museum Program as a Source of Wellness and Healing
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As the Curator of Public Programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, my professional focus has always been the MFA’s public spaces, performing arts venue, and gardens—not the …
Creating Connections: Merging Lifelong Learning and Music Therapy
The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona, celebrates music and world cultures through a multisensory experience—where guests can “travel” the globe through the sights and …
Inside The Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum’s Virtual Docent Program
Since July 2020, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an adjunct of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), has dispatched virtual docents to guide and interact with visitors …
All Hands on Deck: How Museum Staff Boosted Wisconsin’s Pandemic Response
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Prior to the onset of the global pandemic, it would have been hard to imagine a scenario in which history and museum professionals played a direct role in matters of public health and …
COVID Update—Fall 2021
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I had hoped that by this fall COVID-19 would be receding in our rear view mirror, and we could turn our attention to the post-pandemic future. Unfortunately, my June update, which flagged …
Pandemic Disruption as an Opportunity for Change: Intuit
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A year ago, I wrote about how Venice is using their pandemic induced pause to rethink how they can create a better future of sustainable tourism rather than rebounding to the status quo of …
Can the Arts Help Drive Vaccinations? Yes, According to the CDC
The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC) is adding the arts into the mix [of strategies being deployed to increase vaccination rates,] encouraging cross-sectors …
Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum and August Advocacy Opportunities
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In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Get Involved: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Speak Up for Museums: Alliance Resources to Advocate Today Participate: Federal Reserve Survey on …
Same Storm, Different Boats
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Sometimes, in the wake of disruptive events. the world acts like a rubber band, snapping back to its original shape. Other times, disruptions have a lasting impact—resetting our boundaries, …
Finding Wonder in a Virtual World
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Envision a group of schoolchildren standing before you, giddy with anticipation and excitement. In front of them are two elongated rectangular wooden doors, which, once opened, will …
Hindsight is 2020: What We Learned About Leadership in a Crisis
At the height of the pandemic, as so many aspects of our professional and personal lives hung in the balance and emotions fluctuated between despair and hope, effective leadership surfaced …
Latest Stories from AAM
A Q&A with Dirk Hiscock, Designer of This Year’s Winner for Excellence in Publication Design
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Alliance Blog
After reviewing hundreds of entries every year, the jury for AAM’s annual Museum Publications Design Competition awards only one publication with the Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for …
Pushing the Boundaries
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Museum Magazine
The Whitney Plantation Museum confronts the truth of its history in all facets of its …
Beyond the Museum Walls
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. The Queens Museum serves as a community anchor by embracing porosity, …