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From the President: Why Design Matters
I spent several formative years at the Chicago Architecture Center, helping create programs, exhibitions, and tours that inspired people to better understand and care for the built environment around them. We often returned to a line from … -
In Praise of Mission Creep
My focus this year is on exploring the ways museums serve as essential infrastructure for their communities: improving education for our children, creating livable communities for our elders, fostering mental health, helping prepare for … -
The Ever Evolving American Identity: a New Mission at The Tenement Museum
What should a museum do when its subject matter becomes one of the most contested political issues of the day? This is the question I was quickly confronted with upon assuming leadership of the Tenement Museum in July 2017. With …
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Upcoming Events
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Tools of Transformation 7: Regenerative Thinking and Living Metrics at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
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Collections Camp: Textiles
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Museums & Public Programs Summit
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Latest Stories from AAM
A Future of “Uniform Guidance”
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Foresight…Insight…Action That’s the framework the Institute for the Future uses to …
A Foresight Take on Proposed Government Funding Regulations
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Two weeks ago, we took one (more) step towards a future in which the risks of government …
June Advocacy Alert: Proposed OMB Grant Rules, Appropriations on the move, and Invite Congress
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – June 8, 2026 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Proposed OMB Rule …