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July/August 2025 Preview
In this issue: July/August 2025 issue By the Numbers: AI in the Museum 96% is the accuracy rate of AI used at the US National Herbarium for plant specimen sorting. 10% of US adults … -
Institutional Evolution: How Monticello faced and interpreted a legacy of slavery
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the September/October 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. A statue of Thomas Jefferson stands before a curved wall. A sculpture of the nation’s … -
Reviewing staff policies and administrative concerns
Administrative Policies Museums should take steps now to revisit and update administrative policies and engage in clear and regular communication with staff in the process. Specific … -
Taking A Fresh Look At Provenance
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2016 issue of Museum magazine. Pursuing a future in which provenance research and data are efficient, accessible, and equitable. Museums … -
Programming Through the Lens of Empathy
Category: Alliance BlogAt the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, two new public programs and one new high school tour are built on the premises that empathy is worth cultivating and listening to the … -
Artificial Intelligence: The Rise Of The Intelligent Machine
Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog“Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.” – … -
Getting Personal: Making a Collection-Community Connection
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the March/April 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. Everyone can relate to a dog. That was the philosophy underlying the National Postal Museum’s … -
Expanding Public Value
Category: Museum MagazineAs you build bridges with communities, consider using dig… -
Changing How They See
Category: Museum MagazineThe Brooklyn Children’s Museum is decolonizing its collection with the help of local… -
The Secrets of Emotion
Category: Museum MagazinePsychological science offers myriad opportunities for measuring emotional responses to the museum …
