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Creating Connections: Merging Lifelong Learning and Music Therapy
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Museums and Aging
The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona, celebrates music and world cultures through a multisensory experience—where guests can “travel” the globe through the sights and …
Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus
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Health
With the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and as public spaces, employers for over 726,000 individuals, and institutions that hold significant public trust museums must be well …
Exploring Museums and Trust 2021
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The 2019 edition of TrendsWatch took a deep dive into the topic of trust, summarizing the global “trust deficit” and its effect on society. The subject was of particular importance to …
How a Disturbing Historical Discovery Inspired a New Mission at Old North Foundation
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Mission & Institutional Planning
The enduring fame of the Old North Church in Boston began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when church sexton Robert Newman and vestryman Capt. John Pulling Jr. climbed the steeple and …
Ethical Contracting: Is Your Museum Doing It?
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Labor
The way we work is changing. The growth of the “gig” economy is accelerating in a post-COVID world, as the desirability of freelance work increases for employees seeking flexible schedules …
All Hands on Deck: How Museum Staff Boosted Wisconsin’s Pandemic Response
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COVID-19
Prior to the onset of the global pandemic, it would have been hard to imagine a scenario in which history and museum professionals played a direct role in matters of public health and …
Point of View: Why Creative Aging? It’s more than personal—it’s societal.
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Creative Aging
I began thinking about becoming “old” in my mid-40s when I was a caregiver for my energetic, intelligent, and creative aunt. Over the course of 10 years, while I was working in the K–12 …
