
Event Information
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Date(s):
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Time:
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Eastern Time
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Location:
Online
Your museum has embraced the digital world. Digitized collections, an asset management system, ticketing, customer relations system, volunteer and event management, and other solutions to the myriad of business requirements needed to run a museum. Congratulations! Now, how will you sustain this work in the long term? Digital assets are inherently unstable, requiring time and attention to remain readable and usable. “Free” platforms and tools can change overnight in ways that harm museum users. Maintaining and upgrading digital systems is expensive, and while grant funding might pay for the purchase of an application, support for ongoing operational expenses is hard to come by.
Join CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Nik Honeysett, Director and CEO of the Balboa Park Online Collaborative, to explore how museums can plan and budget for digital sustainability, and ward off Vint Cerf’s prophesied “digital dark age.”
After the chat between Elizabeth and Nik, participants will join breakout groups to discuss the implications for museums and share information and reflections, then come back together with everyone to share their thoughts and ideas.
General portions of this Future Chat will be recorded. Breakout discussions will not be recorded and are only available to live participants.
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This is the fourth in our Future Chat series from the Center for the Future of Museums.
The statements and opinions expressed by panelists, hosts, attendees, or other participants of this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of, nor are endorsed by, the American Alliance of Museums.