Inclusion

Where ‘Human Zoos’ Once Stood, A Belgian Museum Now Faces Its Colonial Past

Joanna Kakissis, NPR.org

Aimé Mpane remembers when he first saw the old statues. It was 1994, and the Congolese visual artist had just moved to Belgium, which once ruled his country. Growing up in the Democratic …

The Citizenship Project

Samantha Rijkers

LGBTQ Guide: San Francisco museum shines light on hidden history

Spud Hilton, SFChronicle.com

At The Worcester Art Museum, New Signs Tell Visitors Which Early American Subjects Benefited From Slavery

Maria Garcia, Wbur

The museum will not be decolonised

How a Wave of Honest History Museums Is Changing Black Tourism

Ashton Lattimore, Slate

Converting Family into Fans: How the Contemporary Jewish Museum expanded its reach to a new audience.

Bob Harlow

Mapping Visitor Emotions to Make a Lasting Connection

Elizabeth Merritt

Wordless Wednesday: Checking out Empathy

Elizabeth Merritt

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

Linda Butler and Jennifer Sonderby

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 …

Where the Seats Have No Name: In Defense of Museum Benches

David Whitemyer

Exhibitions

Sitting gets a bad rap. The last few years have seen articles and media outlets touting that “Sitting is the new smoking.” Standing desks are the latest office furniture trend. And in …

Futurist Friday: Emotional Storytelling

Elizabeth Merritt

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

My favorite futurist video this week: Karen Palmer talking about her latest artificial intelligence project. Palmer is an artist/technologist who combines film, storytelling, and …

The Citizenship Project

LGBTQ Guide: San Francisco museum shines light on hidden history

At The Worcester Art Museum, New Signs Tell Visitors Which Early American Subjects Benefited From Slavery

The museum will not be decolonised

How a Wave of Honest History Museums Is Changing Black Tourism

Seven Tips for Starting an Equitable and Inclusive Internship Program

Access and Inclusion Case Study: Connecting Students to the Museum Field

The Portal: A Real-Time Conversation with People Forced to Flee Violence

Converting Family into Fans: How the Contemporary Jewish Museum expanded its reach to a new audience.

Mapping Visitor Emotions to Make a Lasting Connection

Wordless Wednesday: Checking out Empathy

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

Where the Seats Have No Name: In Defense of Museum Benches

Futurist Friday: Emotional Storytelling

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