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Where does police brutality fit in America’s first law enforcement museum?

By David Smith, The Guardian
The Washington institution is likely to spark debate over whether it gets the tone right in an era of police shootings and allegation…

20 Museums Tapped for Initiative to Create Learning Opportunities For Older Adults

By Joseph Klem

Collections 2030 – What Future for Museum Collections in the UK?

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By Elizabeth Merritt

Beyond the Block: Empowering Incarcerated Artists

By Michael Berlucchi

Backpack-Sized Archiving Kit Empowers Community Historians to Record Local Narratives

By Allison Meier, Hyperallergic

Are Participant Demographics the Most Useful Single Measure of Community Impact?

By Nina Simon, Museumtwo

How a Museum is using American Artifacts to help Immigrants Become Citizens

By

Grant Opportunity: Museums & Creative Aging

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By Elizabeth Merritt

Interested in International Museum Partnerships? Download the Museums Connect Evaluation Report

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By American Alliance of Museums

When an Artist Becomes Director

A man stands against a brick wall smiling at the camera wearing wire rimmed glasses and a blue blazer with a blue three button shirt.
By Scott Stulen

From Stodgy to Story – Glensheen’s historic transformation

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By Lucie B. Amundsen
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The Joker in the Museum Planning Pack

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By Elizabeth Merritt
Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The fourth and final installment of TrendsWatch 2018’s scenarios of the future is now up on the web. Wild Times explores what might happen if fate deals our field an unexpected card: the …

Wild Times: In which social service nonprofits save the day.

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By Elizabeth Merritt
Category: Future Forecasting
Introduction to This Scenario A wild card scenario explores the kind of low-probability, high-impact event that can disrupt the best-laid plans. Though you shouldn’t obsess about these …

A Case Study—in Progress—of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Brand Refresh

By Linda Butler and Jennifer Sonderby
Category: Mission & Institutional Planning
With the arrival of a new director and CEO in 2016, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco expanded its largely encyclopedic approach to art history by introducing a curatorial department …