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What can you do if children see nudity or sex in art?
By Jeremy Kreusch Developing a resource for caregivers with children under twelve to discuss nudity and sex in art
Keep readingTrend Spotting: Olfactory Experiences in Art Museums
By Joy Li Explore how scent can facilitate new connections between our collections and audiences.
Keep readingInvesting in Exhibition Films: It’s Worth It, If…
By Rachel Trinkley How do we help visitors understand and engage with an artist’s complex creative process?
Keep readingReflect and Respond: Talking Through Signs of Welcome in Art Museums
By Kate Swanson Listen to a podcast episode that explores the question “How can museums be more welcoming?”
Keep readingWe Tried This: The Magic of 33 Undergraduates Writing Exhibition Labels for What’s in a Spell? Love Magic, Healing, and Punishment in the Early Modern Hispanic World
By Hannah Wirta Kinney Over the course of a year, I worked to plan and co-curate a bilingual exhibition of 25 artworks with a professor and 33 students from Oberlin College.
Keep readingReflect and Respond: Understanding Lived History Through the Lok Virsa Heritage Museum
By Lina Bhatti A reflection from a visit to the Lok Virsa Heritage Museum
Keep readingReflections on Interpretation
Sally Otis, Manuel Ferreira, Ariel Russell, and Loren Wright consider art museum interpretation in 2023–the successes, challenges, and possibilities for the future.
Keep readingCounterpoint: Whose Harm?
By Adrienne Lalli Hills (Citizen of Wyandotte Nation) The following letter to the AAMI editors was written in response to the Jan 9, 2023 blog post “We Tried This: Reimagining Our Labels.” Dear AAMI editors: As an Interpretive Planner at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from 2014–2018, I read with interest the series published on…
Keep readingWe Tried This: Reimagining Our Labels
By Rachel Nicholson, Director, Visitor Engagement and Research at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art We tried to systematically review and rewrite every label in our collection. Did we succeed? No. But we did succeed in something else; we managed to create a useful framework and common language in collaboration with our curatorial colleagues about what…
Keep readingImportant Update to AAMI Bylaws
At the October 15, 2020 board meeting, the AAMI Board unanimously approved the following motions that temporarily amend our bylaws. Motion 1: Due to the unprecedented effects of the COVID 19 pandemic, AAMI canceled the June 2020 annual convening and meeting. In anticipation of continuing ambiguity surrounding travel, financial sustainability of our field, and limitations on…
Keep readingIntersections of Art and Science in the Museum: a toolkit for engagement and evaluation
By Giannella Ysasi Tavano In 2017, the Art Institute of Chicago received a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation that allowed the institution to explore the ways in which art conservation and scientific research can help create new, exciting, and relevant experiences in the museum. The grant aided the department of Learning and Public…
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AAMI Virtual Session Recap: To Touch or Not to Touch
Written by the Convening Committee: Deb Clearwaters, Alison Crites, Courtney Morano, Melanie Parker, Meagan Rust, Sarah Rasich On Friday, June 5th, AAMI hosted its first ever virtual session centered on in-gallery interpretation in the age of COVID-19. The session, To Touch or Not to Touch, welcomed 56 participants from museums across North America. AAMI would…
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