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Playing in the Museum Sandbox
Readers of CFM’s TrendsWatch reports and followers of this Blog will know of my fascination with the emerging business model of museums running co-working spaces. It’s such a genius use of museum resources (staff expertise, visitors, … -
Futurist Friday: Emotional Intelligence
For your Friday future-break, here is a lovely short film by Dennis Sungmin Kim, exploring a future in which artificial intelligence has been supplemented by “artificial emotion.” ei: emotional intelligence from Dennis Sungmin … -
FutureProofing Natural History Collections
When the Alliance chose financial sustainability as one of three areas of focus for our new strategic plan, I gravitated to one of the hardest challenges of all: how can we help create financially sustainable models for supporting … -
Anatomy of a Lunchtime Conversation
Last week we noticed an intriguing Twitter conversation originating from a question Chad Weinard posed to the Twitterverse. The resulting conversation meanders in several directions addressing what museums could learn from tech companies, … -
What If Educators Ran a Museum?
I’ve been intrigued by the El Segundo Museum of Art since I first read about it in the Los Angeles Times when the museum opened in 2013. That article emphasized ESMoA’s focus on arts education, noting that four public schools are within … -
Statement from AAM President & CEO Laura Lott on the demolition of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s ancestral burial ground
The following statement was issued on September 9, 2016. “The American Alliance of Museums deplores the destruction of cultural heritage and stands outraged at the recent demolition of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s ancestral burial … -
Futurist Friday: Superhuman
As you may have guessed from Wednesday’s wordless post, I’m glued to the Paralympics this week. Today I’m encouraging you to watch this trailer for the 2016 Paralympic games titled “We’re the … -
Why has my art museum embraced an early childhood and refugee-based program that has nothing to do with our current exhibits?
As I noted in last month’s post about the web site Museums & Migration, mass migration has been described as “the defining issue of this century.” A large segment of these migrants are refugees, fleeing political upheaval, persecution … -
Pentagram, Barnes Foundation Garner Top Award for Museum Publications Design
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2016 Arlington, VA ─ “Matisse in the Barnes Foundation,” a three-volume set of books that celebrates the extraordinary Matisse collection of the Philadelphia-based Barnes Foundation, has received the … -
Museums & Personalized Learning: Hey Vermont, Wassup?!?!
School started last week for Vermont students, and incoming high school freshmen are going to be exploring a fragment of the future. The class of 2020 will be the first students covered by Vermont Act 77, which mandates personalized …
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