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We are looking forward to MuseWeb23 in Arlington, VA! 

Forum One

Your museum may even be planning some audience research in the near future. Who you talk to and how you structure your research has a significant impact on the findings you gather and insights you can take action on. Specifically, we’ll cover: How to think critically when you consider the research participants, methodology, and moderator.

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Opening Up Museums: My TEDxSantaCruz Talk

Museum 2.0

I'm just home from a whirlwind of speaking engagements--Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, Roanoke. It gave me a chance to really think about how we have been opening up our museum and what it means for our community. Museums can be incredible catalysts for social change. How can we make museum objects more like dogs?

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Areas served: US. Knight Foundation.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Kindful

The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Areas served: US. Knight Foundation.

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The Move On Model: Inciting Visitor Social Action

Museum 2.0

I spent Saturday in beautiful Monterey, ocean pounding outside the window of a conference room, where about 40 museum folks were pondering a question more elusive than the origin of the waves: can museums change the world? In two months, 10,000 visitors sent postcards (and fortuitiously, the government acted in favor of protection).

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Guest Post: Using Participation to Solve a Design Problem at the Carnegie Museum of Art

Museum 2.0

I'm on the road this week, with speaking gigs in Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, and Roanoke (join the NAMP livestream on Sunday at 9:25am PT here ). I'm thrilled to share this brilliant guest post by Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Our colleagues in the Museum of Natural History were eager collaborators.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Invest in organizations like Women Made Gallery , American Women Artists , the Professional Organization for Women in the Arts , WGAW , and the National Museum of Women in the Arts which help give a voice and a future to female artists worldwide. French fashion designer and business woman Coco Chanel did much more than make clothing.

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