Online Museum Interpretation: It’s Not Going Away…Ever!
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The Center for the Future of Museums Blog shares musings on the future of museums and society.
Say Cheese! A Candid Snapshot of the Museum Sector
Last month AAM released the results of our fifth “snapshot” survey of the field. These snapshots, which started as a means of checking in on museums and museum workers during COVID …
The Earnest Work of Dreaming: Chicanafuturism in Visual Art
Visions of the future created by and centering the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) are essential to our collective potential to transform the world as we …
How Museums Are Helping Americans Bridge Divides
This year’s TrendsWatch shared a few stories of museums working to bridge the partisan divide, but my research for the report left me wanting more. In today’s guest post, Kate Doak-Keszler, …
Call for Content! Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparative Practice
This year’s TrendsWatch report included a short piece about recent shifts in museum practice with regard to voluntary repatriation, restitution, and reparations. AAM’s Museum will delve …
Techno-skepticism: Rethinking the Costs and Benefits of Digital Technology
The night before my flight to Denver for #AAM2023, I went over my slides for the annual presentation on TrendsWatch. The talk was formatted around the chapters of the latest report (access …
At the Barnes Foundation, Internal Internships Support Frontline Staff
What can be even better than a museum making a successful hire? Keeping the experienced, well-trained staff it already has. The Alliance’s soon-to-be-released latest snapshot survey …
Supporting the Mental Health of Museum Staff
I’ve been in close communication with some of the museum directors using CFM resources—including TrendsWatch reports and the AAM Strategic Foresight Toolkit—to inform their planning and …
Releasing TrendsWatch into the Wild
Heads up! The 2023 edition of CFM’s annual forecasting report is now available as a free PDF download. TrendsWatch: Building the Post-pandemic World explores how museums can emerge from the …
An Afrofuturist School Program Empowers Children to Envision the Future
Futurism is a powerful tool to share with kids—equipping them to think about the world they want to live in when they grow up, challenging them to make it better. Today on the blog, …
Finding the Future at #AAM2023
I’m taking a short break from prepping my materials for #AAM2023 to share a preview of what The Future will be up to in Denver. For me the conference starts on Thursday, May 18, with the …
Virgil Ortiz Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders
Today on the blog, Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz tells us about his use of futures-inflected storytelling to illuminate the past, as embodied in his latest project, Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + …
Emerging Issues in Legislation
Forgive me for being biased, but I think Museums Advocacy Day is one of The Best Museum Events in the US every year. What’s not to like about hundreds of people descending on the …
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Rethinking Leadership: The Museum Institute at Great Camp Sagamore
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