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Channel: Future Of Museums
Exploring the Sixth Extinction through Immersive Theater
One of the most-read guest posts of 2017 on the CFM blog shared how immersive theater helped one Connecticut museum build new audiences. Since the topic evidently struck a chord with …
Fostering Truth and Reconciliation One Generation at a Time
In his story for Museum 2040, Omar Eaton-Martinez posits a future in which the United States establishes its own Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to deal with the “atrocities and …
The Numbers Behind Museum 2040
Museum 2040—the current special issue of Museum—adheres pretty closely to the usual format of the magazine. It opens with a letter from the Alliance’s CEO, though in 2040 that CEO is a …
A letter to MUSEUM magazine and AAM from 250 Miles up at the International Space Station Museum
I continue to be gratified by the feedback on our “future” issue of Museum magazine. (Your digital copy available here.) Comments coming in through Twitter, email, and text …
Building a National, Distributed Museum
It sometimes seems like every new museum with national ambitions wants to be located in DC. Near, if not on, the National Mall. This despite the difficulty of succeeding in the shadow of …
The Connected Museum of 2040
I hope you’ve had a chance to read your print copy of Museum 2040, or to download a digital copy. If you’re a little confused about why the magazine is set in the future, read my …
Museum 2040: Some Thoughts on the Future from Alberta Museums Association
Meaghan Patterson, CEO, AlbertaMuseums Association I hope Museum 2040 has arrived in your mailbox, or that you have downloaded a digital copy. If you’re a little confused about why the …
What Can Museums Learn from the Harvard Business School?
Joy’s law: no matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else. (Attributed to Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy.) I’m pleased to see the registrations …
Introducing Museum 2040
The November/December issue of Museum mailed out yesterday, as well as going up on the web. (This issue of the magazine is available as a free download for members and non-members alike). …
Labor 3.0: Lights Out
What: automated “lights out” manufacturingWhy museums should care: disruptions to labor and increasing economic inequality impact our communities and our audiences, as well as …
Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar: creating early interventions for deaccessioning crises
Or, “when ethics statements are not enough…” I’m working on the agenda for a convening hosted by the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, December 14-15, at which participants are …
Museums in a Driverless Future
How many people get to your museum by driving their own cars? When they arrive, where do they park? If you are designing a new museum, or a renovation, what parking structures are included …