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Converting Family into Fans: How the Contemporary Jewish Museum expanded its reach to a new audience.
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Since its founding in 1984, the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) had been in a 2,500-square-foot space in the lobby of the Jewish Community Federation of … -
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 6/30/2017
I hope everyone is celebrating independence in advance of our upcoming July 4th holiday! This week’s Roundup shares stories about social bridging, serving new audiences, learning from controversy, and creative techniques for audience … -
Futurist Friday: Wearable Warnings
A creative use of wearable technology (also, genius performance art): Dominque Paul’s outfit makes pollution visible. #wearabletech @PICGreen #sustainabil… -
Sign the Fieldwide Letter to Congress to Save Museum Funding!
As part of our ongoing effort to protect funding for key federal agencies that support museums, we are asking museums and related organizations to sign on to a fieldwide letter to Congress. The stakes couldn’t be higher, and we need your … -
3 Questions with the Nichols House Museum
Over the past few week’s we’ve heard from the Imagine Children’s Museum, the Mob Museum, and the Museum of Danish America on what it means to achieve accreditation. This week we hear from Victoria McKay, executive … -
Mapping Visitor Emotions to Make a Lasting Connection
Readers of the CFM Blog are also prime consumers of TrendsWatch, the Alliance’s annual forecasting report, which is available as a digital download and as a dynamic web version with real-time updates on this year’s trends. We are able to … -
10 Things We’ve Learned About Unbiased Hiring Practices at AAM
Last fall, I was a guest presenter in an AAM Webinar on unbiased hiring where I shared some blind screening techniques that we have begun incorporating into our hiring practices at AAM. With several recruitment efforts now concluded, my … -
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 6/23/2017
1. Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), offers his perspective on the noose that was placed at NMAAHC and other locations on the National Mall. This is a must read … -
Make the Case for Museums: Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum
Now in its sixth year, “Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum” Week 2017 is set for August 12-19. The stakes for museums and the federal programs that support them have never been higher, and there’s no more powerful way to help elected … -
3 Questions with the Museum of Danish America
Over the past two week’s we’ve heard from the Imagine Children’s Museum and the Mob Museum on what it means to achieve accreditation. This week we hear from Rasmus Thøgersen from the Museum of Danish America. 1. What does …
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