Museums and Personalized Learning
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Technology is fueling personalization of products, services, communications and experiences. We explored some of the implications of this trend in TrendsWatch 2015, but the impact and …
The Museum Sector and the Paris Agreement
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Alliance Blog
Sarah Sutton is principal of Sustainable Museums, a museum consultancy. She is also a member of the PIC-Green Professional Network. The very day President Donald Trump announced that the …
Point of View: Harnessing an Untapped Power
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Museum Magazine
Museums can use emotions to encourage empathy, inspire action, and build …
A Roundup of Decolonization News
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The popularity of last week’s guest post by Frank Howarth on decolonizing the museum mind prompts me to share a round-up of some of the stories I’ve been collecting on efforts to decolonize …
Weekly Roundup: Museums in the News 2/17/2017
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Alliance Blog
This week’s Roundup shares stories about the virtues of complexity, #DayOfFacts, alternate reality in service of accessibility, #Art-Less without immigrants, and some tips for …
Privacy in a Watchful World: What have you got to hide?
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In a world where companies and governments can, and increasingly do, track vast amounts of personal information about our habits, preferences, behavior, communications and even our …
Copyright at the Crossroads: A call for museum engagement at the international level
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Alliance Blog
On October 18-19, 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will be holding an open two-day meeting in Geneva about copyright exceptions for libraries, archives, and …
Message from the President: Preparing for Tomorrow
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s January/February 2025 issue, a benefit of AAM membership. Picture this: your museum is blessed with such high attendance that the line …
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Attending Museum Conferences
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Alliance Blog
Two years ago, in 2016, I had the opportunity to attend the AAM Annual Meeting in Washington DC, thanks to the Getty Leadership and Career Management Program Fellowship. Little did I know …
In Praise of Mission Creep
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
My focus this year is on exploring the ways museums serve as essential infrastructure for their communities: improving education for our children, creating livable communities for our …
Catching up with Jeannette Ickovics: 2011 Feeding the Spirit Keynote Speaker
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Can a museum win the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Childhood Obesity Challenge? With your help, maybe yes. Read on. Last winter, Jeannette Ickovics from the Yale School of Public Health …
Immersive Experiences in Museums: A Look at Art Windsor-Essex’s “Against the Current”
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Alliance Blog
To say that a lot has changed for cultural institutions and museums in the past few years is an understatement. This is a time when visitors, who have spent the last two years enduring a …