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5 Steps for Rapid Prototyping
Today’s guest post is by Charlie Miller and Emily Tarquin, co-curators of Off-Center @ The Jones, a new series of non-traditional theatrical programming at the Denver Center Theatre Company developed through the Innovation Lab for the … -
Some Notes on the Future of History Museums: Part II
This is the second installment of Phil Katz’s report from the recent joint meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and National Council on Public History (NCPH). You can catch up on part one here. While I was at the … -
Innovation Lab for Museums: Tips for a Successful Application
Thank you, MetLife Foundation! I did a Snoopy Happy Dance when I got the good news that you are funding a second round of Innovation Lab for Museums. AAM and EmcArts have just released the Request for Proposals. You can read about the Lab … -
How will museums be embedded in the school day of the future?
Famous futurist quote: “The future is already here, it is just not equally distributed.” (William Gibson) In other words, hints of any plausible future already exist somewhere in the world around us. A future in which no one has to own, or … -
Innovation Ignites: Announcing the 2012 Lab Museums
Cue fanfare! I am so happy to share with you the names of the museums that have been selected to participate in the inaugural round of Innovation Lab for Museums. AAM is bringing Innovation Lab to the museum field through a partnership … -
Building a Better Fishing Pole: how technology-focused organizations can help their museum community
Many museums are struggling to navigate the expanding universes of social media and digital content with the slim resources available to them in constrained budgets. Fortunately, some entrepreneurial museums are breaking trail—pooling … -
Innovation Lab: nurturing nonconformity and half-baked ideas
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized.”—Daniel Burnham When I previewed CFM’s plans for 2011, I said we would “establish mechanisms to foster innovation and … -
The Transformative Power of Innovation
This guest post is by Richard Evans, president, EmcArts Inc. AAM is partnering with EmcArts, with the generous support of MetLife Foundation, to offer Innovation Lab for Museums. The Request for Proposals for the Lab has just been … -
Museums Shaping Cities
One crucial way museums can change the world is to help people in their communities improve their own environments. I want to spotlight a few notable examples that have crossed my radar recently. The National Building Museum’s Intelligent … -
Helix: Scaffolding #21211
Today’s guest post comes to you from Tracy Hicks. Here he shares with you some of his thoughts over the evolution of his piece that will be on display in Houston at the AAM Annual Meeting. Be sure to also visit Hicks’ website …
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