A New Way to See: Looking at museums through the eyes of the blind
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Alliance Blog
Let’s talk about accessibility. In the twenty-first century era of inclusivity, museums are working towards making the visitor experience a more positive and unique one, as part of efforts …
Stories of Inclusion: ADA@25 and Universal Design at Cultural Institutions
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On-Demand Programs
This recorded webinar will help guide you in finding approaches to sharing information and telling compelling stories that can help audiences make meaning of their museum ex…
Students Solve a History Mystery and Teach a Lesson in Collaboration
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Alliance Blog
Fourth and fifth graders at Silverton Elementary School reversed roles with teachers and set an example of how museums and schools can work together to broaden the telling of a community’s …
CARE-apy: On the Road to Welcome: Starting your accessibility journey
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Accessibility
The concepts of accessibility and inclusion are not new. There is not, however, a straightforward blueprint for doing this work in a clear-cut and approachable way, meaning many museum …
What Does a Welcoming Online Collections Portal Look Like?
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Alliance Blog
In late February 2020, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University became the latest institution to launch an online collections portal, a feature that is increasingly …
The Museum of the Future—your vision reflected here?
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
A friend who works with, but not in, museums has asked me for predictions regarding characteristics of the museum of the future. He is working on an interesting project to create a …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two …
Sofa So Good: A word on behalf of older folks
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Alliance Blog
I 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 …
Museum Design 2034: Respite and Retreat
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This is the third installment of a series of “stories from the future” illustrating how museum practitioners can use trends data as a jumping off point for exploring potential futures. …
Staying in Touch: Addressing Concerns to Allow Tactile Exploration at Museums
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Alliance Blog
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating new norms that discourage touching all manner of objects to curtail the spread of the virus. However, when public spaces reopen, understandable concern …
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the Ransolm
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
CFM’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. …
Bridges from School to Work
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Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
This week’s guest blog post is by Kelly Pavich, employee representative and trainer at the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, established in 1989 by the family of J. Willard …