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Using History to Build Community
This week’s guest post is by Dr. Tom Hanchett, staff historian at the Levine Museum of the New South, one of the museums profiled in AAM’s recent report on the challenge museums’ face in coming decades to serve an … -
Interview with a Museum Director at Age 5
This week’s guest blogger is Silvia Liu, speaking as a representative of future museum founders/directors. Silvia has visited numerous museums in four countries. When she was four years old she collected a dead baby turtle while on a walk … -
Librarians. Sheesh.
This week’s guest blogger Lauren Silberman, thinks museumers have something to learn from the “Librarians of the Future” and their kin about how to shape the image of their profession. Lauren hearts museums but still likes … -
Seeing Individuals in Diversity
This week’s guest post is from Julia Brucker, Museum Education Coordinator at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Mass. On a chilly spring evening, the lights were still burning at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Mass. … -
Forecasting—The Future of Planning
Today’s guest post is from Angie Kim, Principal Project Specialist at the Getty Foundation. Angie joined about 40 other participants from various sectors in the daylong working session “Forecasting the Future of California Museums” at the … -
Update on Empowering New Immigrants through Art
This week’s guest post is by Patricia Lannes, director of education at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, N.Y. Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums briefly profiles NCMA’s work with new immigrants. Patricia … -
Engaging and Empowering New Immigrants through Art
AAM’s recently released forecasting report Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums highlights the gap between current museum audiences and the majority minority future of American society. The sobering statistics are leavened … -
Building the Future of Museums on a Better Base of Knowledge
This week’s guest blog post is from Betty Farrell and her team at the Cultural Policy Center of the University of Chicago, presenting an abridged version of their recommendations from the report Demographic Transformation and the … -
Hello Museum People!
My name is Pinky and I am from The Pinky Show. Bunny and I were invited do a guest CFM blog, so here we are. We realize that many of you may not know who we are or why we are interested in museums, so we will start with that. We run an … -
Shaping the Financial Future of Museums: A Commentary by Marie Malaro
This week’s guest blogger is Marie C. Malaro, a lawyer, author and retired university professor. For many years she was legal counsel for the Smithsonian Institution, and later was Director of the Graduate Program in Museum Studies …
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