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Chatting About Museums with ChatGPT
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogTwo months ago, the research and development lab OpenAI released ChatGPT, an interactive “chatbot” powered by artificial intelligence. Chatbots aren’t new (I’ve been writing about … -
TrendsWatch 2019 Executive Summary
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogTrendsWatch 2019 is available as a PDF download Download the executive summary for freeMuseums and Trust: video and discussion guide: $50 Full PDF Download: Free to members ($10 for … -
Questioning Assumptions: Museums in the 21st Century
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI hope you have been following my posts on the Forecast of the Future of Museum Ethics being conducted by CFM and the Institute for Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University. CFM and IME staff … -
Abstract Art, Concrete Goals
Category: Museum MagazineThe Des Moines Art Center diversified its audience—and educated its staff—with an exhibition on queer abstraction that transformed the frame of reference for its cause. This article … -
Glimpses of the Ethical Future
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogToday’s guest post is by Sally Yerkovich, director of the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University and instigator of the Forecast on the Future of Museum Ethics. You can catch up … -
How the Delaware Art Museum is Centering Community Voices in Interpretive Planning
Category: Alliance BlogIn 2018, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) began a radically inclusive approach to reinstallation planning, integrating community voices at every stage through focus groups, iterative … -
A Roadmap for Equity
Category: Museum MagazineThe Tucson Museum of Art is seeking institutional change through its IDEA plan. This article originally appeared in the January/February, 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of … -
The Third Rail of Museum Ethics: Selling Collections to Pay for…What?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIs it ethical for a museum to use the money it gets from selling collections to fund general operations? How about using the proceeds from the sale for “preservation” (the term used by … -
Working Your Core: Core Documents, that is!
The five core documents are the foundation of a well-run museum, shaping its values, operations, and long-term success. They’re not just paperwork—they’re a museum’s playbook for making … -
What If Educators Ran a Museum?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI’ve been intrigued by the El Segundo Museum of Art since I first read about it in the Los Angeles Times when the museum opened in 2013. That article emphasized ESMoA’s focus on arts …
