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Wild Times: In which social service nonprofits save the day.
Introduction to This Scenario A wild card scenario explores the kind of low-probability, high-impact event that can disrupt the best-laid plans. Though you shouldn’t obsess about these … -
Thursday Thought: Curatorial Poetry
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI just added Curatorial Poetry (@curatorialpoems) to my Twitter feed. Highly recommend. Here is an essay by Micah Walter (@micahwalter) on Medium that explains why and how he created this … -
Get it Together: A Regional Approach to Connect to Descendant Communities
Category: On-Demand ProgramsMuseums that care for Native American cultural objects or educate the public on Native American histories must work with descendant communities. Outreach from multiple institutions, … -
How to Transform a Volunteer Program in Six Steps
Category: Alliance BlogDive into the theme of The Next Era of Volunteerism at The Museum Summit this October! Are you taking a second look at your museum’s volunteer program? Maybe you’re struggling with flagging … -
When the Ancestors Call to You
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogWhen we think about barriers to change, practical issues like time, money, and legal issues often are top of mind. This can be true, for example, when museums talk about repatriation, … -
Exhibition journal issues
Published twice a year, Exhibition offers 128 pages of thought-provoking articles, exhibition critiques, commentary, technical articles, and essays. Each issue is organized around … -
Life’s Persistent Problems: TED Talk June 2040
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogSylvea here. I’d like to introduce Dr. Tom P. Abeles, editor of On the Horizon, a foresight journal on education. His #FutureFictionFriday story is a 2040 TEDTalk about continuous … -
Looking Through the (Google) Glass
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogSo, you may have seen me looking like this, lately. Yup, that’s Google Glass. And that’s me trying not to be a Glasshole. Neil Stimler, Digital Asset Specialist at the Met, has been … -
2018 MUSE Award Winners
Audio Experiences Gold Through the Eyes of Love The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Through the Eyes of Love represents a new kind of hybrid – mixing the intimacy of podcasts with the … -
Using Local Data to More Fully Understand the Visitor Experience During COVID
Category: Alliance BlogAt Thanksgiving Point Institute—a farm, garden, and museum complex in Lehi, Utah—we’ve been wondering how visitor agendas are changing during the current health crisis. Understanding …
