Stacking the Futurist Deck
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
I’m the first to admit it can be hard to catapult from dealing with today’s urgent problems to thinking about the long-term future. Fortunately, futurists have developed many tools to help …
The Keys to Sustainable Online Programming? Partnerships and Professional Development
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Alliance Blog
Recently, I’ve been analyzing the efficacy of museum-developed digital programs over their thirty-year history, and I’ve noticed a common theme: Every study extols the benefits of such …
December Advocacy Updates – Speaking up for Museums in 2024
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – December 15, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Register Today: Museums Advocacy Day 2024 in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26-27 Take Action: Contact Congress in Support …
Adding Foresight to Your Toolbox
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
In a world in which “life-long learning” is the norm, museum professionals are constantly enrolling in workshops, short courses and on-line seminars. Why not add futures studies to that …
Questioning Assumptions: The Ideal Employee:Volunteer Ratio
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Today’s thought experiment: what if, in the future, museums asked not “how many volunteers do we need” but rather “how can we structure our operations to engage as many volunteers as …
Museums in a Driverless Future
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
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 …
Radical futures – new realities
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
The future is too big a place to explore alone, so I am always delighted to share the work of other groups and individuals peering ahead into the Cone of Plausibility. Today on the …
I AM A CHILD
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. Click here to learn more about membership! On June 5, 2018, on …
Invite Congress and Important Summer Advocacy Updates
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – July 14, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: House Appropriations Action: Level Funding for IMLS; Cuts to NEH/NEA; Contact Congress! #InviteCongress 2023: Use Our …
January Advocacy Resolutions – Speak up for Museums in 2024
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – January 12, 2024 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Register Now: Museums Advocacy Day 2024 Registration Closes January 19! Take Action: Contact Congress in Support of …
As Goes Kansas, So Goes the Nation?
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Every time I travel, I come back with new perspectives to bring to bear on my forecasting. Case in point—last week I was speaking at the Kansas Museums Association Meeting, and in the …
Navigating Conservation Futures
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
I’m often bemused when I compare the answers to two questions I frequently ask museums: One of the key functions identified in your mission is preserving collections. What’s your goal? How …