Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt
Day 3: A Visit from the Authorities
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This is the third installment of a “diary of the future” I wrote a decade ago, exploring what the world might be like in 2019. My story takes place in a scenario created by the Institute …
Two Scoops: The Museum of Ice Cream
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
A recent discussion thread on Museum Junction debated whether the Museum of Ice Cream really counts as a museum. I’m interested in why they choose to self-identify as a museum, and …
Day 2: Settling In
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This is the second installment of “My World 2019” a fictional diary I wrote in 2008 to explore the scenario created by the Institute for the Future for their Massive Multiplayer …
Doing More with More: Investing in earned income
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
As the saying goes, “it takes money to make money.” Often museums feel they can’t risk their slim financial margin on speculative ventures, but not taking such risks comes with a cost as …
My story, Part 1 (October 7, 2019)
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
When CFM launched in 2008, one of our first capers was recruiting museum people into Superstruct, the Institute for the Future’s Massive Multi-player Online Forecasting game. Over the …
The Museum of Sex: What’s it like to be a for-profit museum?
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
I’ve long wanted to learn more about the very few museums in the US that operate as for-profit organizations. Why did their founders choose not to go the more common route of incorporating …