Professional Resources
Local, Kansas & Missouri Professional Organizations
Regional Professional Associations & Resources
National Professional Associations & Resources
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Anthropological Association
- American Association of State & Local History
- American Battlefield Trust
- American Institute for Conservation & Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
- American Public Gardens Association
- Americans for the Arts
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
- Association of African American Museums
- Association of Art Museum Curators
- Association of Art Museum Directors
- Association of Children's Museums
- Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
- Association of Science & Technology Centers
- Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums
- Association of Zoos and Aquariums
- Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
- Coalition of Master's Scholars on Material Culture
- College Art Association
- Council of American Maritime Museums
- Entomological Collections Network
- Geological Curators' Group
- Independent Sector
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- Museum Computer Network
- Museum Education Roundtable
- Museum Hue
- Museum Management Program, NPS/DOI
- Museum Trustee Association
- MuseWeb
- National Art Education Association
- National Association for Interpretation
- National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
- National Association of Automobile Museums
- National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
- National Council on Public History
- National Emerging Museum Professionals Network
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Small Museum Association
- Smithsonian Learning Lab
- Society of American Archaeology
- Society of American Archivists
- University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out of School Environments
- U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield
- U.S. Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS)
- Visitor Studies Association
International Professional Associations & Resources
- Association for Preservation Technology International
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
- Canadian Conservation Institute
- Canadian Museums Association
- Collections Trust (UK)
- Disability Collaborative Network for Museums (UK)
- Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- International Foundation for Art Research
- International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection
- International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
- Kids in Museums (UK)
- Museums Association (UK)
- National Association for Research in Science Teaching
- Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
- Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
- UNESCO World Heritage Convention
- World Council of Anthropological Associations
Journals & Resources
- ADA National Network (information, guidance & training)
- American Anthropologist
- The American Archivist
- Art Education Journal (National Art Education Association)
- Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
- Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
- Conservation Perspectives, The Getty Conservation Institute newsletter
- Creative Aging Resources (National Assembly of State Arts Agencies)
- Curator: The Museum Journal
- Dimensions (by ATSC)
- Exhibition magazine
- ICOM News
- Inclusive Schools Network
- International Journal of Arts Management
- Journal of Anthropology
- Journal of Museum Education
- Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship
- Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership
- LGBTQ+ Alliance (AAM)
- Maintaining Accessibility in Museums (U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division)
- MUSE (Journal of the Canadian Museums Association)
- Museum and Society (University of Leicester, UK)
- Museum Anthropology
- Museum International (ICOM)
- Museum Magazine (AAM)
- Museums Are Not Neutral
- MuseWeb News
- Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- Nonprofit Management & Leadership
- The Nonprofit Times
- Papyrus (International Association of Museum Facility Administrators)
- The Public Historian (NCPH)
- Smithsonian Databases for History & Culture Research
- Social Justice & Museums Resource List edited by Tayna S. Autry
Blogs, Podcasts and Videos
- “Anthropod” podcast (Society for Cultural Anthropology)
- Archaeology Podcast Network
- “The Brain Scoop” (Field Museum video series)
- “The Case for Museums” (PBS)
- Center for the Future of Museums blog
- Curator’s Corner blog
- Culture Grrl blog
- Engaging Places blog
- ExhibiTricks
- “First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors” videos (The National Holocaust Museum)
- Google Arts & Culture
- "Hallowed Ground: The Sports Museum Podcast"
- “Historian Speaks” Black history blog and podcast
- History@Work (National Council on Public History)
- “How Stuff Works” podcast
- Ideum blog
- The Incluseum
- Kera Interactive Blog (exhibits)
- “The Memory Place” podcast (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- “Mindfulness Meditation Online” podcast (The Rubin Museum, weekly meditation session inspired by works of art from the museum’s collection and guided by teachers)
- “Museum Archipeligo” podcast
- “Museum Confidential” podcast
- Museum Notes blog
- Museum Planner blog
- “Museum Storytime” podcast (Museums of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland)
- “Museum Weird” podcast
- Museums & Collections blog
- National Leprechaun Museum’s "Talking Stories" podcast (Irish folklore)
- "New Art, New Perspective" podcast
- “Nonprofits are Messy with Joan Garry” podcast
- “Nonprofit Leadership” podcast
- “Nonprofit Snapcast” podcast
- "On the Record" podcast at the National Archives
- “Portland Art Museum Podcast”
- "Preservation Profiles" podcast
- "Reframing History" podcast
- “Service on Celluloid” podcast (The National WWII Museum's deep look at historical merits of depictions of WWII in film)
- Smithsonian blogs
- Smithsonian podcasts
- “Specimens” podcast
- “Spycast” podcast (International Spy Museum)
- “Stuff You Should Know” podcast
- “This Anthro Life” podcast
- Tincture of Museum blog
- "Transitional Justice in America" podcast
- The Uncatalogued Museum blog
- UK Natural History Museum podcasts
- "Vagina Museum Podcast"
- "We the Museum" podcast
- “Wild Crimes” podcast (Natural History Museum, UK)
- “Zora’s Daughters” podcast (Black women ethnographers bring a critical anthropological lens to popular topics, combatting the erasure and silencing of Black women’s voices and experiences)