By Joyce Lee and Patrick Hamilton This year’s 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 arrives in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing this global crisis understandably is everyone’s immediate concern. The months it will take before this contagion runs its course may seem interminable while in the […]
As museums in the Midwest and across the nation respond to the spread of COVID-19 to their communities, we would like to offer an overview of operations strategies we have observed plus a few tips and resources. This post will be updated as new information and/or resources become available. (Last […]
Like many of our peers, our organization offers a searchable job board on our website. Nearly a year ago, we began exploring changes to our job board policy, including the potential for requiring compensation information in all listings. We spent time learning about the current policies and practices of museums […]
Congratulations to this year’s honorees! Best Practices Award: Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN The Heritage Support Grants Program of the Indiana Historical Society addresses the needs of Indiana’s local, county, and regional historical societies, museums, and sites. This grant program works to help these organizations be better stewards of the […]
Museum institutions, whether they be major tourist attractions or small house collections, are part of our knowledge sphere from childhood through adulthood. Museums are viable, and often valuable, community enterprises whose boards are frequently headed by community and business leaders. There are an estimated 35,000 museum institutions in this country. […]
Over the past year, the staff and board of directors of AMM have considered ways in which we can help to advance field-wide efforts to improve diversity, equity, access and inclusion. We would like to share some of the questions we have asked ourselves, as well as the steps we […]
In anticipation of the upcoming conference in Grand Rapids – themed “Changing Expectations” – we asked our colleagues at Grand Rapids Public Museum share how they worked with community partners to create a new museum-based model for a high school. The Grand Rapids Public Museum is a community asset dedicated […]
It’s award nomination season, so we took a moment to check in with Allyse Freeman, recipient of the 2018 AMM Promising Leadership Award. Where is the award now? Do you display it somewhere special? Our museum has been extremely lucky to have received eight awards in the past three years […]
About our guest contributor: Alongside a great team, Jane Pederson, Glensheen Mansion’s Marketing Manager has helped Glensheen double its tour attendance and revenue in a few short years. After five years of marketing at Glensheen, she’s excited to share the things that they’ve learned along the way. Glensheen had the […]
Many museums can learn from Cincinnati Museum Center’s two-and-a-half-year effort to move out, move back in, overhaul two museums and save a National Historic Landmark. So many, in fact, the Association of Midwest Museums (AMM) is partnering with CMC to host a conference to share those lessons with museum professionals […]