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Trendwatching! A Foodie Future
This article in today’s New York Times takes a good look at how botanic gardens are adapting to several trends: the growing appeal of the “locavore” and “slow food” movements. increase in number of women in … -
Why Renovate when You Should Prepare for the Hurricane?
CFM guest blogger Robert Janes reviews the AAM forecasting report Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums. Robert is editor-in-chief of Museum Management and Curatorship, Chair of the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley and … -
Future of Accessibility
Why is accessibility a futurist issue? Because, trends being what they are, we face a future in which a growing proportion of American society will have accessibility challenges. For example: Today, 1in 8 Americans are older than 65. In … -
Small Museums Modeling Excellence: Building Diverse Audiences
Continuing to build on the AAM forecasting report Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums, this week’s guest post is contributed by Elizabeth Stewart, director of the Renton History Museum in Renton, Washington. A recent … -
Windsock on Nonprofit Employment
The Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project has released a new report “Recession Pressures on Nonprofit Jobs.” The keys points about museums: In the six months through March 2010, 30% of museums had a net loss in staffing 53% of museums in … -
Forecasting—The Future of Planning
Today’s guest post is from Angie Kim, Principal Project Specialist at the Getty Foundation. Angie joined about 40 other participants from various sectors in the daylong working session “Forecasting the Future of California Museums” at the … -
Update on Empowering New Immigrants through Art
This week’s guest post is by Patricia Lannes, director of education at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, N.Y. Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums briefly profiles NCMA’s work with new immigrants. Patricia … -
Engaging and Empowering New Immigrants through Art
AAM’s recently released forecasting report Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums highlights the gap between current museum audiences and the majority minority future of American society. The sobering statistics are leavened … -
Building the Future of Museums on a Better Base of Knowledge
This week’s guest blog post is from Betty Farrell and her team at the Cultural Policy Center of the University of Chicago, presenting an abridged version of their recommendations from the report Demographic Transformation and the … -
Museums as Community Catalysts: Museum of Northern Arizona
Many museums aspire to be “conveners,” “dialog centers” and “safe places for conversation.” So it’s nice to be able to share stories of museums living up to this aspiration. This week the Museum of Northern Arizona provided a forum this …
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