• Corporate, Culture? One Part Education, One Part Sales: This is the Corporation Museum.

    This article originally appeared in the November/December 2010 edition of the Museum magazine. Straddle a Harley-Davidson after touring a century of motorcycle history. Hop into the “bunny suit” Intel technicians wear to craft …
  • When Less is More

    This article originally appeared in the September/October 2010 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. About two years ago, an assistant director of a museum on a college campus called to share a quandary: Her department had …
  • Museums: A Snapshot

    This article originally appeared in the January/February 2010 edition of Museum magazine. A Rundown from 2009 Museum Financial Information Anyone who studies museums in a serious way will quickly encounter a few hurdles. First, you …
  • The New Borgias

    In Superstruct, the Alternate Reality Game from the Institute for the Future that ran last fall, player Phil Deely wrote a story titled “The New Borgias.” Deely posited that, in the game’s fictional future of 2019, the wealthy few dominate …

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