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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. Managed landscapes at museums enhance the visitor experience. When visitors step into an urban museum …

AI Adolescence

Category: Museum Magazine
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 …

We Hacked a Museum Exhibition

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
You may have been following Nina Simon’s account of the Hack the Museum Camp recently hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, or perhaps you read Paul Orselli’s letter from …

Future of Education Road-Trip: Some Thoughts and Thanks

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Octavia in action Hi, Nicole here. Sage and I would like to thank all of the museum professionals, students, educators and artists who gave of themselves to support the inaugural Future of …

Engaging Descendant Communities in Inclusive Programing, Exhibitions, and Interpretation on Slavery

Category: On-Demand Programs: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion
This recording is from the Future of Museums Summit held November 1-2, 2023. Engaging descendant communities in the interpretation of slavery involves addressing the historical …

New National Data Reveals the Economic Impact of Museums Is More than Double Previous Estimates

Category: Press Release
For Immediate Release February 13, 2018 ARLINGTON, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released two …

Recruiting a Diverse Workforce Through Unbiased Hiring

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In spring 2017, CFM launched a FutureLab project to help museums explore new hiring practices to create more equitable workforces. Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site was one of the …

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