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Creating the New
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogHow many of you know of dysfunctional relationships between universities and museums? Hark–I hear a forest of hands rise across the land. Too often colleges and universities fail to … -
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two … -
Industry Showcase: Innovative Digital Solutions
In the market for a game-changing new digital tool? Join our free online Industry Showcase to see what’s out there. In the first edition of our newest learning format, you’ll … -
Search History: Enhancing museum collection access and reducing bias through public input in digital catalogues
Category: Museum MagazineIncluding the public in digital catalogue descriptions will improve access to museum collections and help remove bias. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 … -
Campaign for the Abolition of Nouns
Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog“I seem to be a verb”—Buckminster FullerMy beef with nouns:a) they are, at best, approximations—attempts to create clear boundaries for identities that are inherently fuzzy b) As they … -
Museums and Digital Strategy Today
Over the past decade, museums around the world have been adapting to the fast-pace of technical change and have debated a variety of approaches to digital strategy and whether to integrate … -
Leveraging Permanent Collection Objects for Collaboration and Change
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Throughout the museum field, institutions have been grappling with how to address problematic objects in their … -
Solo Museum Visitors: A 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
Category: Alliance BlogThis visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting. Every year, the … -
Participation Over Perfection: Why Museum Brands Belong to Everyone
Category: Alliance BlogYour museum’s brand isn’t what you say about your institution. It’s the total experience people have when they visit—across every touchpoint, every day. Not just the exhibits and the gift … -
A Game for (Future) Good: FutureCoast
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThe first trend CFM tackled, with the help of futurist and games-designer Dr. Jane McGonigal, was the rise of “gaming for good” and the potential for games-design to make museum experiences …
