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The Keys to Sustainable Online Programming? Partnerships and Professional Development
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Education & Interpretation
Recently, I’ve been analyzing the efficacy of museum-developed digital programs over their thirty-year history, and I’ve noticed a common theme: Every study extols the benefits of such …
Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus
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Health
With the growing spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the United States, museums must be well prepared for potential outbreaks as public spaces, employers for over 726,000 individuals, and …
Downsizing Our Museum in the Face of a Pandemic
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
According to the Alliance’s first COVID snapshot of museum operations, conducted this past summer, one-third of US museums expected to lose over 40 percent of their annual operating income …
Curiosity: A Primer
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Audience Research and Evaluation
In the museum field, we sometimes talk about how we are in the “curiosity business.” Yet even still, it often feels that our field perceives nurturing curiosity as …
Tales from Campus: how a collections-based seminar went virtual
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
All museums have had their worlds turned upside-down in the past year, but college and university museums and galleries face a specific set of challenges. According to the Chronicle of …
Building True, Lasting Collaborations with Source Communities
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Decolonization
It’s well-documented by this point: museums are changing. No longer solely repositories of information and keepers of culturally important artifacts, museums today are taking on new roles …
“Decolonizing is Literally Unsettling”: Repatriation of Nonprofit Land and Assets
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
On July 16, 2020, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) and the Yale Union (YU) announced that YU would transfer its land and building in Portland, Oregon, to NACF. The historic …
Navigating a Job Search in the COVID-19 Market
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Career Management
The museum field, and cultural institutions in general, have undoubtedly been hit hard by COVID-19. As a result, many museum professionals are finding themselves job searching and …
