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Preview of Houston: Exploring the Future of Natural History Museums
At the AAM meeting in Houston this May, artist Tracy Hicks will create an installation on the future of natural history museums and the influence of natural history museums on the future of the earth. One of the things I love about Tracy’s … -
Museums & Community: Steampunk Love
This weekend, the city of Waltham, Mass. will host International Steampunk City. Presented by the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, this “con” (convention) mashes together industrial history, Victorian culture and fashion, … -
Museums and Spontaneous Eruptions of Art: Yarnbombing
Over the past two weeks, we’ve had Maria Mortati share with us the foundation of the San Francisco Mobile Museum and Barbara Stauffer discussing the challenges of orchestrating a participatory design experience in an institution. To … -
Using Your Audience as Exhibit Designers
Last week, Barbara Stauffer shared with us the challenges of orchestrating a participatory design experience in an institution with well-established organizational procedures and hierarchies. For her, inviting the input of over 800 … -
Museums & the Spectrum of Control: Part I
This week’s guest post is by Barbara Stauffer, chief of temporary exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History. This is the first in a series of posts exploring how museums are adapting to people’s desire to contribute, share, … -
Some Great Museums Ready to Move
How can we make sure museums are recognized for all the good things they do for their communities? Kudos from the White House would be one great thing, wouldn’t it? That’s why AAM is partnering with ACM and APGA to launch a “Let’s Move … -
Saving the Historic House—While Saving the World
This week’s guest post is by Laurie Ossman, director of Woodlawn, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As I pointed out in an earlier profile of an historic house, museums can use food to build community and tackle … -
A Call for Creativity! With Prizes…
What do these creative, mind-blowing, reality-warping museum projects have in common? • An “Amazing Race”-type game that sends teams scampering through the city to explore their communities • Museum staff hanging out in bars, using beer … -
The Short Term Future—CFM 2011
I’m going to use this first blog post of the New Year to share a preview of the themes CFM will focus on in 2011. Based on the trends we monitor through Dispatches from the Future of Museums, your feedback on our forecasting reports, …
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