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What If Educators Ran a Museum?
I’ve been intrigued by the El Segundo Museum of Art since I first read about it in the Los Angeles Times when the museum opened in 2013. That article emphasized ESMoA’s focus on arts education, noting that four public schools are within … -
Futurist Friday: Superhuman
As you may have guessed from Wednesday’s wordless post, I’m glued to the Paralympics this week. Today I’m encouraging you to watch this trailer for the 2016 Paralympic games titled “We’re the … -
Why has my art museum embraced an early childhood and refugee-based program that has nothing to do with our current exhibits?
As I noted in last month’s post about the web site Museums & Migration, mass migration has been described as “the defining issue of this century.” A large segment of these migrants are refugees, fleeing political upheaval, persecution … -
Museums & Personalized Learning: Hey Vermont, Wassup?!?!
School started last week for Vermont students, and incoming high school freshmen are going to be exploring a fragment of the future. The class of 2020 will be the first students covered by Vermont Act 77, which mandates personalized … -
Futurist Friday: Sheep View
This past April Durita Dahl Andreassen of Visit Faroe Islands launched a social media campaign to get Google to send it’s Street View cameras to the Islands (even though they don’t actually have many, you know, roads). Her … -
Arresting Patterns
Last week we featured an essay by Sean Kelley on how the Eastern State Penitentiary has chosen to move away from neutrality and take a position on mass incarceration. Today curatorial and research assistant Brittany Webb shares how another … -
Exhibit A
I’m taking advantage of the late summer lull in blogging to share my personal favorite from last spring’s Future Fiction Challenge, a story submitted by Ken Eklund. It nails so many of the things that make for compelling future … -
Futurist Friday: Curating the Hereafter
I have a special place in my heart for museums that help their audiences explore the future. The latest addition to my collection: the Hereafter Institute, a fictitious company created by Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, recipient of a 201 LACMA … -
Museums and the Future of Work: A Call for Collaboration
Hi, Nicole here. In today’s short post, I’m sharing some exciting news—and making a call for your collaboration! This spring, CFM will be holding a national convening on museums and the future of work. The two-day event builds … -
Beyond Neutrality
In Season 2 Episode 2 of the Museum People podcast, New England Museums Association director Dan Yaeger argues that all museums should be social activists, describing the oft-voiced museum ambition of being “places to convene …
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