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The Museum of the Future—your vision reflected here?
A friend who works with, but not in, museums has asked me for predictions regarding characteristics of the museum of the future. He is working on an interesting project to create a prototype of the “future museum” in order to generate … -
Saving Collections and the Planet
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. How can museums mitigate the effects of climate change on our planet and on humanity? We asked museum professionals and … -
Hi-ho Green Ranger!
I have blogged about the ecological cost of conferences, speculating that in the future our consciences (not to mention our pocketbooks) will make us think three or four times before winging or wheeling our way across the country or the … -
Breaking Trail
This blog started last February—faced with its approaching six month anniversary I have been wrestling with the right balance of content. As I travel the country and cruise the web talking about CFM, asking how it can best serve the field, … -
The Future of Carbon-based Conferences
As the AAM staff races to get ready for our annual meeting in Philadelphia at the end of the month, I am thinking a lot about the carbon footprint of such conferences and, more broadly, the environmental impact of the museum field. I think … -
Questioning Assumptions
Earlier this month I participated in a very interesting scenario planning exercise at the Smithsonian. The session was led by Peter Schwartz, a board member from the Long Now Foundation, an organization whose mission is “to creatively …
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