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The “Realness” of Museums’ Online Communities: A Platform for the Future

By Elizabeth Merritt

Colleen Dilenschneider’s posts on Know Your Own Bone are always a “first read” when they pop up on my blog feed. I suggested our recent guest poster, Jonathan Baskin, read her recent post on museums’ use of social media as he organized his …
An Alternate Future for Museums: Part II

By Elizabeth Merritt

Global brand strategist Jonathan Salem Baskin contributes part two in his series of visions about the future of museums. You can read part one here. Museums in 2020: When Communities Got Real The siren call of Facebook and other social …
We Saw the Future, Now What?

By Elizabeth Merritt

Guzel duChateau is the CFM Coordinator and AAM’s New Media Specialist. She also leads the association’s Emerging Museum Professionals group. CFM works closely with the EMPs since (after all) they are the museum professionals of the future! …
The Backstory on Blobby

By Elizabeth Merritt

CFM’s recent post on natural history specimens as social media was wildly popular, attracting over 1,300 hits within one week. Given the evident fan base for Blobby (and Sue) it seems worth delving deeper into the story behind these …
Natural History Specimens as Social Media Celebrities

By Elizabeth Merritt

The rise of social media is transforming the landscape of communication for all organizations, including museums. There are myriad new ways to connect directly with the public, and new spokespeople have stepped forth to fill these niches. …
Librarians. Sheesh.

By Elizabeth Merritt

This week’s guest blogger Lauren Silberman, thinks museumers have something to learn from the “Librarians of the Future” and their kin about how to shape the image of their profession. Lauren hearts museums but still likes …