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Museums & Community: Steampunk Love

By Elizabeth Merritt

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, …
The Art of Learning Science

By Elizabeth Merritt

Some people learn math by drawing pictures, or crocheting reef creatures or building model bridges. Some people are drawn into art by their appreciation of geometry, or taxonomy or historic costuming. Point is—sometimes the distinctions we …
Gearing up to Explore the Museum of Tomorrow

By Elizabeth Merritt

We are in full annual meeting prep mode here at AAM, getting ready to offer you a great experience in Houston. Since this year the whole meeting pretty much revolves around the future, CFM won’t be producing our usual “guide to the future …
Free Webinar on Forecasting the Future of Vulnerable Populations

By Elizabeth Merritt

I blogged a couple of months ago about a wonderful set of scenarios commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the future of vulnerable populations. Now the RWJ is offering a free webinar to enable readers to explore these …
Museums, Informal Learning and K-12 Education

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today’s guest post is by David Ucko, president of Museums + more LLC. David has long been immersed in the world of museums as learning providers. While acting as division director in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and …
Let’s Help America Move!

By Elizabeth Merritt

How can museums change the world? Here’s an invitation to rise to one compelling challenge—helping our communities raise a generation of healthy, active kids. The American Association of Museums (AAM) is working with the American Public …
CFM Training on Futures Studies in Houston–Register Now!

By Elizabeth Merritt

Are you psyched to come to Houston and envision the “Museum of Tomorrow?” I hope so, and to help you build this future CFM is offering an all-day forecasting workshop on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at the AAM annual meeting. It’s …
A Call for Creativity! With Prizes…

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 …
Museums and the Future of Health

By Elizabeth Merritt

A few forecasts about the future:By 2050 40% of Americans will be obese By 2034 over 44 million people in the U.S. will be living with diabetes (compared with under 24 million in 2009.) On a more upbeat note, according to a recent article …
Challenging Assumptions: Who says “Entrepreneurial” = “for-profit?”

By Elizabeth Merritt

I want to spread the word about the Startup Open, a challenge issued in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 15-21). The Kauffman Foundation has announced it will select the “50 most promising startups” launched during …