Do You Like Podcasts about Museums? Want to Start Your Own?

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
One of the BEST PARTS of the virtual Future of Museums Summit is going to be the breakout sessions at the end of each day. Many of the moderators and speakers have volunteered to join …

Museums Can Save the World: Tackling Food Deserts

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Take a look at DC’s food deserts: The pink areas are food deserts. In D.C., they are all located in Wards 5, 7 and 8. Image is from DCentric Pretty scary, yes? All those swathes of pink are …

Explore the Future of Food & Museums in Seattle

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Jessica Harris Are you coming to the annual meeting in May? Bring a hearty appetite for some exciting ideas on museums & food! Culinary historian Jessica Harris, CFM’s 2011 lecturer for …

Is a Farmers Market Right for You?

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s guest post is by “Chef” Betty Brewer, president & CEO, of Minnetrista, in Muncie, Ind. Lessons from Minnestrista’s hugely successful farmers market can help you assess whether a …

Building a Healthier Community from the Inside Out

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
As I recently reviewed the wonderful stories we’ve compiled about museums, food and community, I noticed that most of our attention has focused on museums helping their audiences become …

Don’t Just Stir It, Shake It!

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s guest post is by Richard V. Piacentini, executive director of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Richard previews one of the themes we will explore next month at …

More on Reinventing the Historic House (while Saving the World)

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Over a thousand readers perused the post on director Laurie Ossman’s strategies to improve Woodlawn’s future through partnering with restaurateur Michael Babin to create the Arcadia Center …

Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Ella Mitchell, an intern in AAM’s Government Relations and Advocacy department, reports on an innovative collaboration between the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Rudd Center for …

Recommended Social Media Sources on Social Justice

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s post is by Dr. Nicole Ivy, ACLS Public Fellow & CFM Museum Futurist-in-Training. In this earlier post Nicole outlined the issues she will be tackling in her 2 year stint …

From the President and CEO: Building a Bigger Tent

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s November/December 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership.  If there’s one thing I believe, after my years of working in this field, …

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