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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

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American Jazz Museum Gold – Cultural Institutions Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room, and Gem Theater. Endowed by Dr.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. in her book, Civilizing the Museum.

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Warning: Museum Graduate Programs Spawn Legions of Zombies!

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and with it flocks of museum studies / education / exhibit planning graduate interns. I’m always curious when I meet these folks, who are about my age, choosing a different entry path into the museum world. The value proposition of museum grad programs is cloudy in my mind. Sure, it’s great to learn museum theory and history.

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What's Your Vision?

Museum 2.0

It's 8am in the classroom; 5am in my body. A SIMPLE WAY TO TRY IT This week, we experimented with visioning at my museum in an all-staff meeting. After reading this post, one morning, you woke up early, grabbed an old journal, and started writing. We took 30 minutes for the exercise.

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Celebrating Mission-Driven Success in 2023!

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Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. This work not only included launching a new website but also revitalizing the American Jazz Museum brand as a whole.

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Temple Contemporary and the Puzzle of Sharing Powerful Processes

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For example, right now, Temple Contemporary's offices are packed floor to ceiling with broken musical instruments from classrooms across the city of Philadelphia. Artsy journals. The advisors share their questions, vote on the ones that they think have the most power, and set the direction of Temple Contemporary. Empty pegboards.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

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We consider anything intended for public consumption to be “published,” so while our collection is very broad, we draw the line at correspondence or personal journals. Our collection has a home that people can visit, but we’ll also bring it to them and share it on their platforms: their classrooms, performance spaces, galleries.

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