From Theory to Practice: Applying Futures Studies
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
A guest post contributed by Joe Cavanaugh, museum director of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. Joe was one of Elizabeth Merritt’s classmates in the …
Living in a Wild Future
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world for Americans and American museums, my job shifted from focusing on the far future to the immediate present. As museum leaders …
Full Spectrum: Addressing the Needs of Kids with Autism
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2011 edition of the Museum magazine. An average sixth-grade class is touring your galleries. Most of the children are only mildly …
Toxic Philanthropy
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
We live in a time in which the public is hyper sensitive to the ethics of where money comes from, and where it goes. As I observed in TrendsWatch 2015, nonprofits don’t get a free pass in …
Announcing Education Future Fiction Challenge Winners
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Hi, Sylvea here… In late January the we invited museum professionals, educators, futurists, education policy advocates, and community allies to contribute their vision of an …
You, Me, We: Tackling Identity and Discrimination with Young Audiences
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Alliance Blog
In February 2023, Boston Children’s Museum opened a new exhibition called You, Me, We, which encourages families to connect with each other around questions of fairness in the world, …
Becoming a Data Startup – Part 1
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Alliance Blog
Have you ever wished you could visualize and analyze some of your museum’s data, but weren’t quite sure how to start? Maybe you’re a museum person who is comfortable with technology, but …
Forecasting the Future of History Organizations and Their Leaders
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
For three weeks every November leaders and practitioners from the field of the public history meet at the Seminar for Historical Administration to discuss challenges and future directions …
Disrupting the Traditional Narrative: Including Oral Histories in Museums
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Museums have been guilty of discounting oral histories as “non-academic” or “inappropriate” methods of …
Accessible Communications Guidelines
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Accessibility
Advisors: Alex Ying Chen, Bojana Coklyat, Sky Cubacub, Dawn Koceja, and Emmanuel Von Schack Download a PDF version of this guide. Introduction Over sixty million adults in the United …