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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. … -
9 Colossal Exhibit Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
A Comprehensive Tipsheet to Thoughtful Curation, Engaging Exhibits, and How to Limit Headaches When Bringing Museum Experiences to Life. This tipsheet was developed by Elizabeth Skrabonja … -
Visitors with Vision Loss
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Art Beyond Sight/Art Education for the Blind (ABS) encourages the visual arts … -
Gettin’ To Know You: The Art of Networking
As museums and public history organizations navigate tightening budgets, political pressures, and shifting partnerships, building strong professional relationships has never been more … -
What are Ethics? A Brief Essay in Plain English
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThis essay introduces Round Two of the Forecasting the Future of Museum Ethicsexercise. Follow this link, to vote on which of which of the issues identified in Round One will be most … -
On the Ground: How Visitor Experience Teams Are Teaching Front-Line Staff to Be DEAI Advocates
Category: Alliance BlogIn the museum experience world, making visitors feel welcome is serious business. Our goal is to exceed guests’ standards for positive experiences, and nothing undermines that goal like a … -
SWF ISO Museum Position
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThis week’s guest post is an interview with future museum professional Paige LaCour, student in museum management at Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies and volunteer at … -
The Post-educational Museum
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThe recent kerfluffle about whether museums should be included in the federal stimulus bill was a depressing reminder of the narrow stereotypes into which museums force themselves in order … -
Stitching Together Open Collections Data
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIn TrendsWatch 2015 I cited last year’s CitStitch Hackathon as an example of natural history museums collaborating with the public to create open datasets about collections. So I was super …
