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2009 American Life and Culture Report
Back in April, we encouraged CFM readers to participate in a new study of cultural consumers, the American Life and Culture Survey. (AAM was a co-sponsor of the project.) The preliminary results of the survey have now been released – and … -
Making the Most of the Traditional Business Model
Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of CFM has encouraged me to share some insights from my experience as director of the Children’s Museum of Richmond (CMoR) in dealing with the current economy. Elizabeth has confirmed my feeling, based … -
Links for Green Rangers
Last week we introduced you to the (first) Green Ranger: Stephanie Almeida, who took up CFM’s challenge to explore the environmental impact of museum conferences. She’s attending the Western Museums Association meeting in San Diego … -
Hi-ho Green Ranger!
I have blogged about the ecological cost of conferences, speculating that in the future our consciences (not to mention our pocketbooks) will make us think three or four times before winging or wheeling our way across the country or the … -
Meet Me in Houston, and Let’s Aim for the Stars!
Want be a pioneer in the ranks of museum futurists? Read on. CFM has on its to-do list starting a Museum Forecasting Network. The Network will draw on the experience of a diverse group of museum practitioners to preview trends within … -
Seeking a New Business Model for Museums
Read the news nowadays and it seems like museums are the blazing spud in a giant game of hot potato. Financial responsibility is being tossed in all directions. League City, Tex., is trying to transfer the Butler Longhorn Museum, which has … -
Brits discuss the future of museums
Two new internet sightings remind me that the future of museums is a lively topic of debate in the United Kingdom. Vaughan Allen, director of the URBIS arts center in Manchester, looks at “the future of museums, galleries, citizenship and … -
Opportunity for Engagement: Volunteer to Listen for the Future
Even before the 2008 founding of the Center for the Future of Museums, AAM was helping the field detect the winds of change through partnership with the Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Listening Post Project. This project helps the nonprofit … -
When Themes Collide: Newspapers, Gaming and Museums
Theme 1: Last spring James Chung of Reach Advisors hosted a conversation during the AAM meeting in Philadelphia exploring what museums can learn from the recent plight of the newspaper industry, and the collapse of their business model. … -
Tomorrow’s News, Today: Museums without Walls
One of the assumptions that CFM questioned early on is that museums are necessarily tied to a particular place. I’ve speculated about whether and when a museum might want to migrate to a new city or community. On a more local scale, why …
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