Towards a Green Future: Environment and Resource Sustainability in Museums
One of my stretch goals at CFM is helping to foster “a futurist in every museum.” To that end, I have been pleased to serve as an advisor to the California Association of Museums Leaders of the Future Program. That program has been the …
Sea Change: Innovation transforms the link between museums and water
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2014 issue of Museum magazine. A benefit of membership in AAM. “When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – …
Homecoming: Shedd Aquarium refocuses on its native Great Lakes
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2014 issue of Museum magazine. A benefit of membership in AAM. ON ONE FROSTY DAY in December 1929, the frozen shore of Lake Michigan buzzed with life. Thousands turned their collars …
Something Old, Something New: Green investments pay off for the historic Toledo Museum of Art.
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2014 issue of Museum magazine. A benefit of membership in AAM. While most new museum projects and additions incorporate energy-efficient strategies as part of the design, it is …
A Game for (Future) Good: FutureCoast
The first trend CFM tackled, with the help of futurist and games-designer Dr. Jane McGonigal, was the rise of “gaming for good” and the potential for games-design to make museum experiences more compelling and rewarding. Today’s guest post …
Inspiring a New Generation
Author Neal Stephenson recently launched the Hieroglyph project, to rally writers to reintroduce optimism into science fiction. That is pretty ironic, considering some of the dystopian visions he has painted of our future. But, as he …
Choosing Roles: Can we advance action AND enhance experience?
In the course of my ongoing quest for stories of how museums make the world a better place, I met Douglas Meyer, a consultant who’s worked with a variety of nonprofits in the U.S. and internationally. For example, teaming with the firm of …
Chang Tang Nature Reserve
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2013 edition of the Museum Magazine. This center of heaven, This core of the earth, This heart of the world, Fenced round with snow, The headland of all rivers, Where the mountains are high …
Monday Musings: What Could Disappear?
I’ve blogged beforeabout the importance of factoring climate trends into long term planning and risk assessment. Continued news of museums in New York and New Jersey coping with the aftermath of Frankenstorm Sandy, and the UK suffering …
The Future of the Campus Art Museum: Join the Conversation
The Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago just released “Campus Art Museums in the 21st Century: a Conversation.” If you work at or with campus art museums, or art museums, or non-art campus museums, you should read it. Oh …
