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Drawing a Picture of the Future
Stories of the future are all very well, but sometimes illustrations are better. Which is why I’m inviting you to join the Drawing Club at the AAM annual meeting Minneapolis, week after next. Catalyzed by local artists recruited by the … -
Museumers, meet Futurists; Futurists, Welcome to the World of Museums!
I have a new line on my resume—possibly the coolest one yet. I am now a proud member of the Association of Professional Futurists. In the spirit of CFM’s role as an über-connector for the museum field, I’ve ginned up a way to introduce you … -
Digesting the Future of Museum Ethics
I’m suffering from a bad case of “be careful what you wish for.” The Forecasting the Future of Museum Ethics project that CFM has been running with the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University yielded such a huge number of … -
Planning A Phenomenon: The Benefits of Consistency
Readers of this blog may already be familiar with the Philbrook Museum of Art and its savvy use of social media, via this popular poston their Cat Cam. Today Jeff Martin, online communities manager for PMA, gives us an update on their … -
Essays Exploring the Future of Museums
The journal Museum/iD is hosting an ongoing project soliciting brief musings on the future of museums. It’s a truly global conversation, with entries so far from Poland, South Africa, Nigeria, Norway, Colombia and New Zealand as well as … -
Experience Design & the Future of Third Place
Today’s post is by futurist Garry Golden, who frequently collaborates with me on CFM projects. Garry is co-author of Tomorrow in the Golden State: Museums and the Future of California, and is currently the lead instructor for the … -
Innovation Lab for Museums: Tips for a Successful Application
Thank you, MetLife Foundation! I did a Snoopy Happy Dance when I got the good news that you are funding a second round of Innovation Lab for Museums. AAM and EmcArts have just released the Request for Proposals. You can read about the Lab … -
Your Guide to the Future at the Annual Meeting
At the AAM annual meeting next month, I’ll be spending much of my time at the AAM Showcase in MuseumExpo™, hanging out with the Drawing Club—our 2012 Artists Interpreting the Future of Museums. I hope you visit the Showcase and take up a … -
How will museums be embedded in the school day of the future?
Famous futurist quote: “The future is already here, it is just not equally distributed.” (William Gibson) In other words, hints of any plausible future already exist somewhere in the world around us. A future in which no one has to own, or … -
FLUX | AAM – CFM
This week, guest blogger Peter Kimelman, founding director of the FLUX Foundation, previews his group’s participatory art project at the upcoming AAM annual meeting. One of PK’s recent projects was conducting research on wine and design …
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