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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 … -
Seeds Of Change: Museums tap food trends, reap rewards.
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the September/October 2011 edition of Museum magazine. Considering all the signs that read “No food or drinks allowed,” most museum visitors … -
Point of View: Harnessing an Untapped Power
Category: Museum MagazineMuseums can use emotions to encourage empathy, inspire action, and build … -
Philosophy of Choice: What if visitors could choose their own intellectual pathways in museum exhibitions?
Category: Museum MagazineWhat if visitors could choose their own intellectual pathways in museum exhibitions? This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 issue, a benefit of … -
Different Lenses for Addressing Our Planet Crisis
Category: On-Demand ProgramsIt will take more than the media and science-based institutions to educate the population about the climate crisis and how individuals can take personal or collective action. This session … -
Who’s afraid of the “majority minority” future?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI am not entirely comfortable with the fact that I’m looked to as something of a “thought leader’ in the museum field. I think of my writing, here on the blog or in CFM reports such as … -
You Get What You Measure
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogTwo watch words often thrown about regarding the future of museums are “transparency” and “accountability.” The former is getting easier and easier to achieve—what excuse is there, really, … -
Green Trends in Museum Retail
Category: Alliance BlogAs a seamless extension of the museum experience and a culmination of the exhibitions on view, the museum store is uniquely poised to reinforce an institution’s mission and values. For … -
Introducing the TrendsWatch 2018 Scenarios
Category: Future ForecastingWhy Tell Stories About the Future? Plans based on one anticipated future are brittle: they are prone to failure if the underlying assumptions turn out to be wrong. Many a strategic plan has … -
CSISOS: Cool Sessions in Search of Speakers
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThe call for proposals for the AAM 2013 annual meeting closes on Friday, Aug. 24. As I’ve explained in an earlier post, this year AAM is encouraging people to post early drafts of their …
