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Introducing Fifteen Visions of Museum Futures

Today AAM published a collection of fifteen papers exploring the next horizon of museum practice with regard to voluntary repatriation, restitution, and reparations. This is your invitation to explore the collection together with thoughts …

Introducing our Summit Speakers

I’m hunkered down writing introductions for the speakers taking the virtual stage next week for the second annual Future of Museums Summit. One of the things I like best about this event is that it gives me a chance to share with you some …

Cultivating AI: Developing AI Guidelines and Literacy Resources at the Carter

Each year, AAM’s TrendsWatch serves as the launch pad for a longer, deeper exploration of the forces shaping our world.  In the following months following the release of the forecasting report,  I look forward to emails from museums …

Announcing the Museum Playful Learning Collective: Shaping the Future of Early Childhood Education

I’m a huge believer in museums as essential educational infrastructure. Not just as providers of supplemental out-of-school experiences, but as organizations that excel in place-based, hands-on, experiential learning. This blog has …

Reviving Roots: Clyfford Still Museum and the Colville Confederated Tribes Partner for the Future

As part of the Alliance’s current Next Horizon of Museum Practice project, CFM has been highlighting stories of museums trying to redress the cumulative historical effects of harm to Indigenous communities, including damage to mental and …

Museum Apprenticeships as Entry Points for Future Leaders

Earlier this year, the National Council of Nonprofits released a report documenting that workforce shortages continue to be a major problem for US nonprofits. The report also identified strategies being successfully deployed to recruit and …

Join Me for a New Series to Chat About the Future

Starting in August, AAM is piloting Future Chats, a series of short dives into some of the latest news. These one hour, online sessions will be dedicated to informal, interactive conversations about trends and events that are changing our …

Livable Communities for Our Elders

This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “Ageism is a prejudice against our own future selves and takes root in denial of the fact that we’re going to …

Education for Our Children

This is an excerpt from TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure. The full report is available as a free PDF download. “Given the challenges we face, education doesn’t need to be reformed—it needs to be transformed.” —Sir Ken …

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