Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the future workforce
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This week’s Dispatches from the Future of Museums features a story about a report from the Labor Department that shows the rate of volunteerism in the U.S,. is the lowest it has been …
Point of View: Repairing Leader-Staff Trust
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Museum Magazine
Claims about integrity, benevolence, and sincerity are at the heart of many internal organizational conflicts. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s May/June 2025 issue, a …
Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like …
September/October 2024 Preview
In this issue: September/October 2024 issue By the Numbers: Leadership Outlook » Stats from AAM’s Museum Board Leadership Report and surveys conducted on the needs of AAM members shed …
Our Opportunity for Change
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Museum Magazine
Using media and technology in exhibition design leads to wider and deeper audience …
Strategizing Me: Make a Personal Career Plan
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Museum Magazine
This article appeared in the March/April 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Effective leaders create mission statements to shape their museum careers. The one thing that can be said …
Tech Talk: Microsoft’s Library & Museum Digital Transformation Framework
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On-Demand Programs: Digital Programming
This is a recorded Tech Talk from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Presented by Microsoft Transcript Catherine Devine: Hi everyone, my name is Catherine Devine and …
I Have A Confession: I’m An Adult
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Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. How can science museums welcome grown-ups? I don’t have children, but I like to go to science …
January/February 2025 Preview
In this issue: January/February 2025 issue By the Numbers: Taking the Pulse of the Post-Pandemic World The COVID-19 pandemic was the defining global disruption of the 21st century to date: …
When Robots Learn to be Creative, What Happens to Informal Learning
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On-Demand Programs: Future of Museums
The proliferation of AI, particularly Large-Language Models, has rapidly emerged as a transformative force in formal education. This presentation explores the factors driving the increasing …