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Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt

Finding the Future at #AAM2023

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
I’m taking a short break from prepping my materials for #AAM2023 to share a preview of what The Future will be up to in Denver. For me the conference starts on Thursday, May 18, with the …

Emerging Issues in Legislation

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Forgive me for being biased, but I think Museums Advocacy Day is one of The Best Museum Events in the US every year. What’s not to like about hundreds of people descending on the …

Chatting About Museums with ChatGPT

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Two months ago, the research and development lab OpenAI released ChatGPT, an interactive “chatbot” powered by artificial intelligence. Chatbots aren’t new (I’ve been writing about …

Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparations

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership.  “I greatly appreciate learning about cultural objects, ancient …

For your radar: The Metaverse and Web 3.0

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2023 issue, a benefit of AAM membership.  A brief guide to terms that may be popping up in your newsfeeds. The …

Trend Alert: Changing Climate Risk

Category: Museum Magazine
2022 marked a new high in climatic extremes. The US set records for number of tornadoes (29 in March); heat (nearly 1,000 record high temperatures in one week of September alone); and …

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