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Futurist Friday: Past Visions of the Future
Meet Matt Novak. Matt is a self-identified “accidental expert” on past visions of the future, and oversees the Paleofuture blog—an online archive of materials related to retro-futurism. Paleofuture explores “the past that never was.” Why … -
Futurist Friday: BioPunk Fiction
“The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.”—Frank HerbertMe, authoritative voice, telling you, museum professional: Read More Science FictionI know, it may look and feel like wasting … -
The Future of Museum Ethics: A Chat Wrap Up
CFM hosted a lively Twitter chat yesterday, soliciting input on the future of museum ethics as a kickoff for the forecasting project we are conducting with the Institute of Museum Ethics this summer. The goal of the chat was to gather … -
Helix: Thoughts
While we gave you lots of information leading up to our visit to Houston, where we featured Tracy Hicks and his installation of Helix: Scaffolding #21211, we really haven’t shared nearly enough information about the end result. So … -
Mark Your Calenders: Twitter Chat About the Future of Museum Ethics
As we explained in our last post, to kick off the project of forecasting the future of museum ethics we will be hosting a Twitter chat on June 15 at 4 p.m. (ET). Join the voice behind @futureofmuseums, Elizabeth Merritt to contribute ideas … -
Forecasting the Future of Museum Ethics
It’s a beautiful spring morning in 2036. Sitting down to breakfast, you gesture at your interactive e-tabletop, bringing up your international museum newsfeed. The lead headline grabs your attention, but you have trouble focusing on the … -
Your Annual Meeting Concierge: Recommendations for Sunday
Back when I was an attendee (rather than host) at the AAM annual meeting, I always found the first day to be the most challenging. I hadn’t plotted my course through the final program yet, and would find myself making last minute decisions … -
Gearing up to Explore the Museum of Tomorrow
We are in full annual meeting prep mode here at AAM, getting ready to offer you a great experience in Houston. Since this year the whole meeting pretty much revolves around the future, CFM won’t be producing our usual “guide to the future … -
Free Webinar on Forecasting the Future of Vulnerable Populations
I blogged a couple of months ago about a wonderful set of scenarios commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the future of vulnerable populations. Now the RWJ is offering a free webinar to enable readers to explore these … -
An Idea for New Income and New Engagement: give your collections to as many people as possible
Got your attention with that headline, didn’t I? Calm down, I’m not talking about deaccessioning. I’m talking replication and teleportation of collections objects. Everyone has their own fav future tech. Phil’s is jetpacks: Mine is …
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