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What Works for Building Audiences? Let’s Review the Data.

By Joseph O'Neill

One of the biggest issues museums face right now is diminished attendance. Years after most pandemic-induced closures have lifted, the majority of institutions have still seen only a partial return of their visitors—an average of 71 …
Designing a Collaborative, Distributed National Museum of Mental Health

By Alexandra Orlandi & Paul Piwko

While I’m compiling my fantasy guest blog list to build out the themes of CFM’s newest report, TrendsWatch: Building the Post-pandemic World, generous people from inside and outside our sector continue to share work related to …
For Post-Pandemic Success, Get Creative with Distributed Museum Models

By Theresa M. Genovese, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB

As the global pandemic has put a halt to in-person visitation for much of 2020 and brought long-held planning and operational models into question, museum leaders across the country have been grappling with challenges of how to prepare for …

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