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A Futuryst Look at the Museum of Tomorrow

By Elizabeth Merritt

I’ve been following the work of Futurist Stuart Candy since the inception of CFM. The Sceptical Futuryst—his blog dedicated to “how we might feel about tomorrow”– is a staple of my scanning feed, and I’ve made good use of The Thing …
Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 in these potential futures, which in turn helps …
Museum Design 2034: The Distributed Museum

By Elizabeth Merritt

Museum practitioners are pre-adapted to be futurists. Why? Because futurism is, basically, the process of telling compelling stories about things that haven’t happened yet. These stories help people explore what alternate futures …
Forecasting the Future of Accessibility in Museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

I am getting ready for a presentation at the Leadership and Excellence in Accessible Design (LEAD) conference to be held at the Kennedy Center later this month. The presentation will ask and try to answer two big questions—what will the …

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