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Unschoolers on Museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today’s guest post is from Ilana and Maya McGrath, passion-driven learners who live with their mother Sara, a National Unschooling Examiner, in Seattle. (You can read more of Sara’s observations on education here.) The McGraths responded …
Advice on the Strategic use of Twitter from a Master Tweeter—Neil Tyson

By Elizabeth Merritt

Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of AMNH’s Rose Center for Air and Space, is an astrophysics rock star. How many museumers get interviewed four times by Jon Stewart? In the first interview, Jon reveals he is a “big fan” of AMNH and the Hayden …
How many museum educators does it take….

By Elizabeth Merritt

….to respond to Elizabeth Merritt’s “Call to Action” issued in Museum related to the CFM’s Demographic Transformation report? Apparently, 40 is a good start. Word cloud of participants’ responses to the question “What lingering thoughts, …
Finding Foresight in Houston

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today’s guest post is by Lisa Eriksen, an independent consultant to museums, artists, and cultural organizations. Previously, Lisa was the director of education and public programs at the California Historical Society. Lisa is blogging …
The Path to Sustainability—Working Together

By Elizabeth Merritt

This is part two of an essay by Sarah S. Brophy, co-chair of AAM’s PIC Green. You can read part one here.For the museum field, the way to close the distance between activities like Seafood Watch and our present-day reality is to take the …
The Path to Sustainability—Just Get Started

By Elizabeth Merritt

This week’s guest blogger, Sarah S. Brophy, is principal of bMuseand co-chair of AAM’s Green Professional Interest Committee (PIC Green). Part two of this essay will go up later this week—stay tuned! Earlier this month the CFM Blog looked …
Culture Kettle, my new R&D organization — What’s in it for museums?

By Elizabeth Merritt

This week’s guest blogger is Peter Linett, Partner in Slover Linett Strategies, Inc., and member of the CFM Council. Elizabeth Merritt was kind enough to give Culture Kettle a shout-out in this blog when I announced its founding back in …
A Visit from the Loan Officer

By Elizabeth Merritt

For a decade or more I’ve had the privilege of co-authoring an annual Xmas poem with Sally Shelton, collections manager of the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and John Simmons, principal of …
The “Realness” of Museums’ Online Communities: A Platform for the Future

By Elizabeth Merritt

Colleen Dilenschneider’s posts on Know Your Own Bone are always a “first read” when they pop up on my blog feed. I suggested our recent guest poster, Jonathan Baskin, read her recent post on museums’ use of social media as he organized his …
An Alternate Future for Museums: Part II

By Elizabeth Merritt

Global brand strategist Jonathan Salem Baskin contributes part two in his series of visions about the future of museums. You can read part one here. Museums in 2020: When Communities Got Real The siren call of Facebook and other social …