Rethinking the Status Quo
What does museum volunteer retention look like in a post-pand…
Trend Alert: Combating the Loneliness Crisis in Museums
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. In May 2023, Dr. Vivek Murthy released Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the …
Dropping the Degree for Museum Work
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. Sixty percent of Americans may find their job search stalling when they hit a “paper ceiling” that ensures that applicants …
Digital Twins and Doom Loops
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. A brief guide to terms that may be popping up in your news feeds. Digital twins: digital models of objects, systems, or …
Welcome to TrendsWatch
Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world. — Lauren Bacall This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. The theme of this year’s …
Decarbonizing the Future
Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope, but … I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. … I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to…
AI Adolescence
Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks. —Stephen Hawking This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February …
Culture Wars 2.0
The net effect of loud, sensational clamor is to mute more quiet and temperate voices. —James Davison Hunter, Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2024 issue, a …
The Art of Restitution at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), our collections policy—the document that dictates how we handle all collection-related matters—states that we will not collect anything known to have been stolen or illegally appropriated unless …
