(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Devon Akmon, Michigan State University Across the United States, political ...

Matt Rayner was planning for an academic career in ornithology and conservation biology when a colleague pointed out an advertisement for a curator of land vertebrates at the Auckland War Memorial ...

What’s at stake isn’t just about money; it’s about value: who defines it, who benefits from it, and how it’s exchanged. In the late 20th century and into the early 2000s, museums relied on a value ...

Nearly 90 percent of American museums’ missions are now built around engaging the public in the process of finding meaning in art. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Photo by Stephen ...

The Orlando Museum of Art’s low-vision event series underscored the importance of expanding accessibility programs so that no one is excluded from the full experience of art. Courtesy Orlando Museum ...

Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues. Despite the pressing importance of responding to ...