Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt
The Mind Behind the Myth: Navigating visitor reactions at Kew Palace
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
During the pandemic, museums supported the mental health of their communities in creative and generous ways. Some created outdoor art installations to boost the spirits of people in nursing …
Museum Staff as Disaster Service Workers
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Last month I put out a call on Museum Junction for examples of museums helping their communities plan for and respond to disasters. Among the many exceptional stories submitted by …
Exploring Museums and Trust 2021
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The 2019 edition of TrendsWatch took a deep dive into the topic of trust, summarizing the global “trust deficit” and its effect on society. The subject was of particular importance to …
Digital Migrants and Digital Nomads: Reshaping Museum Communities
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Hello, this is Elizabeth. I’m trying to recover from my pandemic writing rut by drafting a short post each week, commenting on the news. (Kind of like the old CFM series “Monday Musing,” …
A Self-care Practice: Spend Some Time in Utopia
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“Utopia is born of the hunger for something better, but it relies on hope as the engine for imagining such a future.” –Marge Piercy The news has been pretty bleak for the past 18 …
COVID Update—Fall 2021
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I had hoped that by this fall COVID-19 would be receding in our rear view mirror, and we could turn our attention to the post-pandemic future. Unfortunately, my June update, which flagged …