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Digesting the Future of Museum Ethics
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI’m suffering from a bad case of “be careful what you wish for.” The Forecasting the Future of Museum Ethics project that CFM has been running with the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton … -
Forecasting the Future of Accessibility in Museums
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI am getting ready for a presentation at the Leadership and Excellence in Accessible Design (LEAD) conference to be held at the Kennedy Center later this month. The presentation will ask … -
Twelve Museum Innovations in 2023
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogDispatches from the Center for the Future of Museums is a museum newsletter like none other, offering far-reaching analysis of emerging social, technological, economic, environmental, and … -
Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like … -
Museums, What’s Your Gen Z Score?
Category: Alliance BlogThe United States is experiencing its most age-diverse society ever, as lifespans get longer and a tidal wave of young people prepare to enter adulthood. As a result, museums are facing … -
Magical Machinery? What AI can do for museums
Category: Alliance BlogWhen people hear I work with artificial intelligence, they often imagine that I create software that does magical things. Their minds go to humanistic androids or programs that predict … -
Curators Take Flight: Four curators cast a wide eye on the shifting landscape for curatorial practice
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. It’s an exciting time to be a curator. The role is evolving and the … -
Museums and AI: Could Robots Be Your New Coworkers?
Category: Alliance BlogWhat is AI? How does it impact our lives every day? How are museums already using it? How might they use it in the future? This post, one of three on the topic of artificial intelligence in … -
The Path to Director: A Q&A with Jay Xu of Asian Art Museum
Category: Alliance BlogI lived in San Francisco for almost six years while working at the Oakland Museum of California, and during that time, I came to know and love the city’s Asian Art Museum. When I … -
Sofa So Good: A word on behalf of older folks
Category: Alliance BlogI don’t know about you, but a career in museums has made it very difficult for me to be a satisfied museum visitor. I find that I am always peering into “how the sausage is made,” as it …
