From the Field
Spotlight: Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, FL
Ahead of the opening of the exhibition Silent Protest: Perspectives on War and Disability, the Rollins Museum of Art partnered with the Easterseals Day Break Center, a daycare for adults with disabilities, many of whom are also veterans.
Research on Art Museums
Explore recent research on art museums including staff demographics; museum director perspectives and priorities; and the first survey investigating the characteristics, roles, and experiences of Black trustees in North American art museums.
IMLS, Civic Engagement, and Art Museums
The IMLS has created a hub on their website for museums and libraries seeking ways to promote civic engagement, highlighting several initiatives from AAMD member museums.
Out to Art at the Yale Center for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art provides educational programming for adults with developmental and social disabilities.
Gender Gap Report
A study of the gender gap in art museum directorships by AAMD and the National Center for Arts Research.
Williams Art Loan for Living Spaces
Williams College Museum of Art's WALLS program allows students to borrow an original artwork for display in their dorm room from a collection dedicated to this purpose
Philbrook Museum of Art Focuses On Community
The Philbrook Museum of Art is wholly focused on using its collection, villa and gardens for the benefit of Tulsa and its citizens.
Provenance Workshops
AAMD is co-sponsoring two provenance research workshops this spring; one in Seattle and another in Washington, DC.
Saralyn Reece Hardy on Art Museums' Humanism
"A museum is a place where you can foster empathy for different people and for different situations," says Saralyn Reece Hardy, director of the Spencer Museum of Art.