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Balancing Act: Honoring Feedback While Staying True to Your Mission
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. As museums take on challenging topics, audience reactions may be strong and varied. In this session, consider … -
Museum Exhibition Materials Pledge: Sustainability Goals into Action webinar
Category: Environmental SustainabilityWatch this recorded webinar with Douglas Flandro from CambridgeSeven Associates, Inc., Brenda Leigh Baker from the Madison Children’s Museum, Stephanie Ratcliffe of The Wild Center, … -
Wild Times: In which social service nonprofits save the day.
Category: Future ForecastingIntroduction to This Scenario A wild card scenario explores the kind of low-probability, high-impact event that can disrupt the best-laid plans. Though you shouldn’t obsess about these … -
Political Exhibitionists: Ethical Considerations in the Display of Political Art
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Contemporary art exhibitions have long been considered … -
Museum-Healthcare Partnerships: A Growing Initiative
Category: Alliance BlogWith increasing frequency, museums and cultural institutions are becoming trusted sources for information on health. Leveraging their reputation for credible information, and their ability … -
Revisiting Wild Times: The Loss of Nonprofit Status
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogIn 2018 I published a scenario titled “Wild Times” set in a version of 2040 in which museums lost their nonprofit status due to a combination of political attacks, economic stress, and a … -
Navigating Partisan Tensions
Category: On-Demand Programs: Future of MuseumsThis recording is from the Future of Museums Summit held November 1-2, 2023. The ongoing nationwide political climate and the evolving “culture wars” are resonating deeply … -
Get it Together: A Regional Approach to Connect to Descendant Communities
Category: On-Demand ProgramsMuseums that care for Native American cultural objects or educate the public on Native American histories must work with descendant communities. Outreach from multiple institutions, … -
Protected: Imprint Series: The Social Work of Museums
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Labor of Love: Revaluing Museum Work
This post was originally published on Medium, December 20, 2017. Over the last few years, museum workers have been increasingly vocal about job dissatisfaction. At the 2015 American …
