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 […]
Discovery World Science Center in Milwaukee, WI has worked with local companies to develop and launch new initiatives focused on bridging the skills gap in their city. Paul Fladten, senior public relations manager at Discovery World, shares how it’s going in this month’s featured post. How does our community bridge […]
We’ve been watching the branding initiatives at Newfields unfold over the last year along with exciting new programs. Inspired the changes taking place and particularly their transparency about”why” they were making them, we asked the museum’s staff to share their story with the broader AMM membership. Enjoy this post by […]
By Jennifer A. Scott, Director and Chief Curator at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago where she also serves as faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the graduate program of Museum and Exhibition Studies. She is one of the co-editors of Museums and Civic Discourse. Three and […]
By Tab Bamford of TeamWorks Media The focus for many museums feels like a real estate agent’s: location, location, location. Even in big cities like Chicago, there are often two key elements that come into play when trying to engage your core audiences: 1) How do we become a destination […]