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Pop-Up Museums…On Main Street
One of the themes CFM explored in TrendsWatch 2012 was pop-up culture: the public’s growing appetite for mobile, transitory retail, culinary or cultural experiences. Today’s blog post is by Nate Rudy, director of economic and community … -
Coming Soon to Your Museum–The Internet of Cars
I can hardly wait for the “Internet of Cars” to become something we simply take for granted. This includes cars that drive themselves (now legal in Californiaand licensed in Nevada), but also cars that: Find their own parking places And … -
Do Campus Museums Enjoy Greater Freedom to Innovate?
In today’s post, guest blogger Pam Campanaro, Education and Public Programs Coordinator at the Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, continues the ongoing commentary on the Campus Art Museum report, with an exploration of the on-campus … -
Reaching Behind the Glass
I’ve long admired the creativity and ingenuity of the Manchester Museum—following their exploits from inviting a hermit to live in the museum for forty days and forty nights and while engaging the public in an examination of what … -
To the Top of the Case, To The Top of the Hall
Now Pack Away, Box Away, Move Away All! A visit from St. Entropy, who, like St. Bernard, comes to the rescue of those lost in the drifts. ‘Twas the Night before Christmas, with nothing to prove— We were still reeling from the museum’s … -
Museums and Digital Badging
Personal Learning Networks. Participatory Learning Environments. MOOCs. Gamification. Microcredentials. The world of formal education is in quite a state of foment these days, with new paradigms and alternate models of instruction and … -
Learning from the Labrary
I’m rushing to meet my editor’s deadline for the text of TrendsWatch 2013 (spoiler alert: it’s about the future) so today I’m just jotting down some quick thoughts on an item in the news. (As Pogo’s Churchy la Femme might say, … -
Museums: Essential Elements in the New World of Education
I’ve been writing a lot about the future of education: how we are on the cusp of transformational change, and how museums may play a vital role in the next educational era. Today Steven Lubar, director of the Haffenreffer Museum of … -
The Freegan Museum: Notes from an Experiment in Progress.
This Monday I posted some brief thoughts on free museum memberships, sparked by the experiment being launched by the Dallas Museum of Art. Bob Barzan, director of the Modesto Art Museum wrote to share his museum’s experience with going … -
The Genomics of Art, Education & Commerce: Part II
This is the second of a two posts sharing my interview with Christine Kuan, Chief Curator and Director of Strategic Partnerships at Art.sy—a web platform designed to help users browse and purchase art. Part 1 [insert link] explored …
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