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Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt

Take a Deep Dive into the Future of Museums this November

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Have you registered for the Future of Museums Summit? Taking place from 1-5 pm ET November 1 and 2, this virtual conference will explore four themes from the current edition of TrendsWatch: …

Say Cheese! A Candid Snapshot of the Museum Sector

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Last month AAM released the results of our fifth “snapshot” survey of the field. These snapshots, which started as a means of checking in on museums and museum workers during COVID …

Call for Content! Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparative Practice

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This year’s TrendsWatch report included a short piece about recent shifts in museum practice with regard to voluntary repatriation, restitution, and reparations. AAM’s Museum will delve …

Techno-skepticism: Rethinking the Costs and Benefits of Digital Technology

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The night before my flight to Denver for #AAM2023, I went over my slides for the annual presentation on TrendsWatch. The talk was formatted around the chapters of the latest report (access …

Releasing TrendsWatch into the Wild

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Heads up! The 2023 edition of CFM’s annual forecasting report is now available as a free PDF download. TrendsWatch: Building the Post-pandemic World explores how museums can emerge from the …

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 …

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