Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt
Serving the Needs of the Community During a Pandemic
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
During the COVID-19 pandemic, museums have proven themselves to be part of the essential infrastructure of our country, supporting their communities in myriad ways. Sometimes this support …
Investing for Values and Mission
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Editor’s Note: This year AAM’s TrendsWatch leads with a call for museums to help close the racial gaps in wealth and power that divide the United States. As the report points out, one way …
Invite Your Visitors and Participants To Be Seen in a National Research Portrait — Especially if Your Museum Serves BIPOC or Rural Communities
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Sometimes “anyone can participate” isn’t as inclusive as it seems. There can be all sorts of invisible barriers, including who even hears the invitation to begin with. …
Point of View: The Era of Traditional Planning Is Over
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Mission & Institutional Planning
“‘Inconceivable!’ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” —Mandy Patinkin, in the role of Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride This article which appeared …
Covid on Campus: How the pandemic is reshaping higher education.
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COVID-19
“The Internet will save higher education, but it may kill your alma mater.” — John Katzman, education entrepreneur This article which appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum …
Who Gets Left Behind: Caring for the vulnerable in a time of crisis.
“The peoples of the earth are one family.” — Ruth Fulton Benedict, American anthropologist and folklorist This article which appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a …