Four Ways of Seeing the Future
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Last July, Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the One Laptop Per Child project and co-founder of MIT Media Lab, keynoted at the WorldFuture 2013 conference. In the ten minute extract of his …
Are Natural History Museums Ready to Become Superheroes?
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Look at the tagline at the top of this page: “because museums can change the world.” I can make a credible argument that natural history museums have the greatest potential, among their …
Unschoolers on Museums
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Today’s guest post is from Ilana and Maya McGrath, passion-driven learners who live with their mother Sara, a National Unschooling Examiner, in Seattle. (You can read more of Sara’s …
Unschooling—a Fringe Future of Education
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Earlier this month I blogged about the future of education—a theme CFM will be exploring for some time. As part of this exploration, I will share scanning hits—news, hints, pictures and …
September Advocacy Updates – Congress Returns and NVRD 2023
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – September 8, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Speak Up for Museums: Congress Returns for a Busy Fall Season – and a Government Shutdown? News You Can Use: …
Reports of Losing Your Museum Job to a Robot have been Greatly Exaggerated.
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Forecasting is about exploring “fringe futures” as well as more probable outcomes. Part of the art of futures studies is casting your imagination out to the edges of the Cone …
4 reasons you should vote for “Partnering with museums for hands-on learning year-round” for SXSW today!
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Alliance Blog
Dearest colleagues, thank you for taking the time out to read this blog. I need your help. Please vote to allow me to attend and present at SXSWEdu (South by Southwest Education). My …
Forecasting the Next Educational Era
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
As I wrote last week one of CFM’s foci in 2011 and 2012 (and probably beyond) will be the future of education. You’ve told us in workshops, correspondence and in feedback to this blog that …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 7/28/2017
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Alliance Blog
1. The National Museums of Scotland has launched a ‘contactless donation experience’. The museums wanted to “make donating as easy as dropping a coin in a bucket” while integrating “the act …
Net Neutrality Matters to Museums
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
In future-speak, a “disruptive event” is one that significantly changes the world for good or ill. Evaluating the ripple effects of such events is an important part of strategic foresight. …
Spring Advocacy and Funding Updates for Museums
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – May 5, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Spring Appropriations Update: Potential Funding Cuts. Act Now! Presidential Appointments: President Biden Announces PCAH …
A Fragile but Resilient Eco-System: Santa Barbara’s Museum Community and Natural Disasters
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Alliance Blog
Santa Barbara, as it is known to the world, is a small city that is a major tourist destination—on the Pacific with great beaches, close to Los Angeles but far enough away to leave the …