• Assigned to examine and cohesively execute the redevelopment of the museum’s signage and wayfinding systems, along with non-gallery public spaces, to improve visitor experience and deploy critical content for visitor orientation and basic issue understanding
• Lauded execution of the Walt Disney World Epcot project, Epcot’s first-ever exhibition featuring the history and culture of Native America, and the Inka Road project, the first project dedicated to South America, culminating in a major gallery exhibition, publication, international traveling exhibition, multiple education products, and a collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
• Successful conceptualization, development, and installation of the museum-changing imagiNATIONS Activity Center, the first immersive hands-on family space in the museum which brought new and repeat audiences and made culture accessible in non-threatening ways

• PhD dissertation explores how indigenous knowledge systems are recognized and can be incorporated into heritage discussions to improve sustainable management practices that engage with Indigenous people in respectful ways that both include their place-specific knowledges and provide for positive socio-economic outcomes

Article

• Van Allen, Amy. 2010. "Encounters through a Museum Field School." Curator: The Museum Journal, 53, (4) 397–403. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2151-6952.2010.00041.x. 2010
• Van Allen, Amy. 2010. "If We Build it, Will They Come?: Changing Course in an International Institution." International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, 3, (1) 123–131. 2010
• Van Allen, Amy. 2009. "Transcending the Traditional Construct of Museums in Contemporary Living Spaces: Examples from the State Library of Queensland and the National Museum of the American Indian." International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, 2, (3) 81–87. 2009

My research explores how Indigenous knowledge systems are recognized and can be incorporated into heritage discussions to improve sustainable management practices that engage with Indigenous people in respectful ways that both include their place-specific knowledges and provide for positive socio-economic outcomes. It seeks to redefine methods of engagement and focal points of program development, where global process includes local voices and concerns. My outreach is focused on building skills in communities and community-run cultural centers that local promote heritage practice and development.