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Fish, Museums, and Neuroscience
As a biologist, I’m familiar with the “edge effect”—the increase in biodiversity that occurs at the boundary of two habitats, such as forest and field. As a museum person, I believe in the power of the metaphorical application of … -
The Making of ¡NUEVOlution!: collaboration, ambiguity and a willingness to fail
This week’s guest post documents the benefits of an agile approach to exhibit development. Staff from the Levine Museum of the New South—Kate Baillon (VP Exhibitions 2007 – 2017), Kamille Bostick (VP Education 2015 – 2017), Janeen … -
Capture the Flag: the struggle over representation and identity
“Take down the flag. Take it down now. Put it in a museum. Inscribe beneath it the years 1861–2015.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates The past year has been marked by protests across the globe as communities grapple with issues of race, identity, … -
Philanthropy in the Age of Scale: MacArthur Foundation 100&Change
Last year the MacArthur Foundation launched 100&Change—a competition for a $100 million grant to fund a single proposal to make measurable progress toward solving a significant problem. They invited proposals to address any critical … -
Build it and will they come? Co-working considerations for Museums
Tui Te Hau At the [2017] AAM Annual Meeting, I hope to see you at the session I’ll be moderating on the emerging trend of museums running business incubators and co-working spaces (Sunday, May 7, 4 pm). One of the newest of these … -
#AAM2017 Preview: using comics to have difficult conversations in museums
Greetings! Sage here. I have had the pleasure of working with Smithsonian Exhibits designer and comic book artist Evan Keeling for the past two years. Now we’ve developed an amazing panel of comic artists, educators and scholars from … -
Get Hands-on with Virtual Reality at the AAM Annual Meeting!
Today’s conference sneak peek is from Barry Joseph, Associate Director for Digital Learning at the American Museum of Natural History. Barry previews some of the stories about digital prototyping he will share on Monday, May 8, at 8:45 am. … -
Walk a Mile in my Shoes: Closing the Empathy Deficit
“There’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit—the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through those who are different from us —the … -
Let’s Chat About the Future in St. Louis
I love the sessions at the annual meeting but just as valuable, for me, is the chance to meet new people, reconnect with colleagues, and have so many interesting conversations that my head is swimming by the end of the day. This is an … -
Failure Failing Toward Success: The Ascendance Of Agile Design
“If you’re creating things, you’re doing things that have a high potential for failure, especially if you’re doing things that haven’t been done before. And you learn from those things…failure is another word for experience.”George Lucas …
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