Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt
Collecteurs: Social Responsibility and Accessible Art
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m always on the hunt for museum-like organizations that live just slightly outside the traditional museum sphere. Such business can illuminate …
Trading Labor for Food
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
As I revisit my “diary of the future” from a decade ago, I find myself examining how my speculative vision of 2019 has converged with or diverged from reality. Some of my …
When a Private Museum has Massive Public Support
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Even before the 2008 financial collapse only 56 percent of museums received support from local government, and that funding made up about 10 percent of their overall operating budget. The …
From For-Profit to Nonprofit: Evolution of the International Spy Museum
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Next up in my exploration of museum business models, a conversation with Tamara Christian, president of the International Spy Museum. The Spy Museum is the first museum I’ve found that has …
In Which Penny and Frank Wash Up at the Villa
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The best part of futuring is inviting other folks to play along. For the fifth entry in my 2008 diary of the future, I recruited my real-life companions to contribute to the plot, and they …
(Co)Working in a Museum
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
In a 2017 post on this blog, Tui Te Hau, the director of the Te Papa museum’s Mahuki innovation accelerator, offered some advice for museums considering starting their own coworking spaces. …