On a recent AAM group chat site on LinkedIn, a posting presented a question about using board members instead of hired consultants. While this was mostly a discussion about making... read more →
Today I'm taking a break from serious session reporting. (Although, I'll circle back 'round to report out a session on museums of social conscience tomorrow.) The NAME (National Association for... read more →
Greetings from Minneapolis - home of this year's American Associations of Museum's conference. The AAM conference is always a bit of a whirlwind of connecting with old colleagues, seeing the... read more →
A session highlight from today's AAM was "In Memoriam: Interpreting Human Tragedy". Panelists were from institutions including Holocaust remembrance museums, 9/11 memorials, and academics involved with conveying the histories and... read more →
Day three session highlight was on summative evaluation methodologies undertaken by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. The ICSC is a US-based group that is a worldwide network of “Sites of... read more →
Seth Frankel is leading a panel at the May, 2016 AAM Conference in Washington DC. The session title is Empathy & Evil: Moving Beyond 'Good-guy/Bad-guy' Narratives. Seth will be presenting with colleagues Mark... read more →