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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

Museum 2.0

It has some of the same feel as the disconnected affection of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook, with professional reflection baked in. Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary.

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Turning Visitors into Customers: Maximising Retail Potential for Museums

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The museum store should always stock items that are a reflection of the visitor’s experience, “says Julia Jordan, Director of Retail Operations & Associate Director of Visitor Engagement for The College of Physicians of Philadelphia which includes The Mütter Museum. “It’s

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

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posted by Christopher Haines Artistic Director & Co-Founder, iTheatre Collaborative. As artists, we can be very insecure about our work. However, the studies in measuring intrinsic impact were intended for “internal assessment and critical reflection purposes” (Brown & Novak, 2013). Cultural Trends Vol.

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Guest Post: Restoration Artwork

Museum 2.0

George Scheer is the director and co-founder of Elsewhere Collective, a fascinating "living museum" in a former thrift store in Greensboro, NC. In this post, George grapples with the challenges of balancing the care for a museum collection with that of contemporary artists-in-residence who are constantly reinterpreting it.

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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

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And I talked about some of the challenges of finding the right income and expense models for a museum that operates more like a community center than a traditional cultural institution. This was a topic I was never interested in before I became a director. Here are our slides and Ellen's handouts if you want to learn more.

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The whole idea got started a year ago when James Leventhal who is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum asked me if I would design some trainings for the local arts community. The Joe Goode Dance Company spoke about the challenges of getting an artistic director to Tweet. Posters: Wall of Reflection and Gratitude.

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How Festival Planners Can Find Success In the Age of COVID

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A music festival, food festival, or cultural festival, to name a few, can bring people together in some of the best ways. . However, with the rise of COVID-19, festivals all over the world were put on hold, and the events industry, artists, and festival vendors were forced to find other ways of sharing their passions with the world. .

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