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Too Fast to Go Slow
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogJane Addams Hull-House Museum is one of three museums enrolled in the third round of Innovation Lab for Museums—a MetLife funded program offered by EmcArts in partnership with CFM. … -
Imprint Series: Video & Discussion Guides
The Museum Imprint Series reflects on some of the pivotal movements that shaped the US museum field over the past four decades, driving progress, inspiring promise, and nurturing … -
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 … -
What Is Lost and Found in Translation
Category: Museum MagazineTwo years into his work, an editor at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago reflects on the institution’s bilingual transformation. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s … -
Gone Digital: Creating Space-Saving Museum Exhibitions
Category: Alliance BlogMost museums, large and small, have space issues, but the problem can be much more acute for local history museums. Developing creative, space-conscious methods for mounting exhibitions and … -
Futurist Friday: Author Author
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogTuring Test: Museum edition. Could a computer program write an exhibit label or an exhibit catalog that made visitors believe a human museum worker penned the text?There’s a lot of … -
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the Ransolm
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogCFM’s latest forecasting report, TrendsWatch 2014, has been out a month now, and I have been getting great feedback. The magic chip reports the paper has been opened over 1,700 times. … -
Klaatu barada Santa: Cyper St. Entropy enters museum space
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogMy co-authors for this year’s Xmas post are John Simmons and Sally Shelton. We firmly maintain that we have not and will never be replaced by cheaply constructed androids. ‘Twas the … -
Inviting Children In: Valuing The Youngest Museum Visitors
Category: Alliance BlogIs your museum seeking ways to activate its spaces with the enthusiasm of young learners? As museums strive to be more diverse and inclusive, museums of all types can embrace the larger …