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FutureLab: Hiring Bias

By Nicole Ivy

Since the start of my fellowship over 18 months ago—and certainly before that–the Center for the Future of Museums has been exploring new hiring practices and thinking about how companies are disrupting the hiring process to create …
Lessons on Museums and Labor from the Southeast

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hi all, Nicole here. Today, I want to share some of my thoughts about museums and the future of museum work that have evolved in the wake of last month’s inaugural Future of Education Road Trip. Over the course of the trip, I had a chance …
Sometimes to find the future, you have to learn from our past…

By Sage Morgan Hubbard

ELLA’S SONG “We who believe in freedom cannot rest We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes Until the killing of black men, black mothers’ sons Is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers’ sons That which touches …
The Future of Education Road Trip Begins!

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hi, Nicole here! We are excited to begin this new year with a new project at CFM. My colleague, Sage Morgan-Hubbard (Ford W. Bell Fellow in Museums and P-12 Education) and I are preparing to start the first leg of the Future of Education …
Building the Future of Museum Labor Requires Sound Data

By Elizabeth Merritt

This is an unabashed plea for you to make sure your museum answers the National Comparative Museum Salary Survey that’s now in the field. Here are just a few of the significant labor policy issues facing museums: Gender equity in pay …
Futurist Friday: Humans Need Not Apply (Even Us Creative Types)

By Elizabeth Merritt

We’re entering an era in which robots are not only building but also driving cars, chatbots are delivering customer service, and artificial intelligence is preparing legal briefs and delivering medical diagnosis.Today’s …
Volunteers and Museum Labor

By Elizabeth Merritt

As I untangle the strange economics that shape our field, I’ve written several posts exploring the causes and consequences of the generally low salaries attached to museum work. In The Museum Sacrifice Measure I asked how poor people are …
Advancing Equity Through Arts and Culture

By Elizabeth Merritt

HI, Nicole here! Earlier this month, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion held by Cool Culture, a New York City cultural organization that encourages arts education by providing free access to local arts institutions for …
Museums and the Future of Work: A Call for Collaboration

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hi, Nicole here. In today’s short post, I’m sharing some exciting news—and making a call for your collaboration! This spring, CFM will be holding a national convening on museums and the future of work. The two-day event builds …
Monday Musing: unbiased wages

By Elizabeth Merritt

A few weeks ago I tweeted about a post by the estimable Vu Le in which he argued that “basing pay on salary history is a harmful, borderline-unethical practice that we need to abolish.” He points out that calibrating salary …