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Announcing Education Future Fiction Challenge Winners
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogHi, Sylvea here… In late January the we invited museum professionals, educators, futurists, education policy advocates, and community allies to contribute their vision of an … -
Toxic Philanthropy
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogWe 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 … -
You, Me, We: Tackling Identity and Discrimination with Young Audiences
Category: Alliance BlogIn 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, … -
Calculating the Carbon Footprint of Your Museum Exhibits
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis recording is from the Future of Museums Summit held October 29–30, 2024. This session can help your museum calculate, track, and reduce the environmental impact of their daily … -
Becoming a Data Startup – Part 1
Category: Alliance BlogHave 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
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogFor 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 … -
Accessible Communications Guidelines
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 … -
From Neutrality to Narrative: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Exhibiting Science
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2026) Vol. 45 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In a rapidly changing world marked by ecological crises, … -
Disrupting the Traditional Narrative: Including Oral Histories in Museums
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis 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 … -
Political Exhibitionists: Ethical Considerations in the Display of Political Art
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Contemporary art exhibitions have long been considered …
