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Reimagining Museums with Latin America Leading the Way

Museum 2.0

The sounds of Spanish and English comingled as 800 delegates argued, danced, and envisioned el museo reimaginado. El Museo Reimaginado is a collaborative effort of museum professionals in North and South America to explore museums' potential as community catalysts. I find North American museums to be risk-averse.

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Self Care in the Museum Workplace

Connection Cafe

The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.

Museum 21
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Public Service, Advocacy, and Institutional Transformation

Museum 2.0

I'm trying to reposition our museum as a cultural hub supporting creative and intellectual community growth. Our conversation made me reflect on the museums that most inspire me from a public service perspective--institutions with missions that stretch far beyond their walls. These museums work differently.

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Crisis Lessons Learned When My Apartment Building Was on Fire

Care2

You need a backup plan in place for those times when your work is interrupted. When your museum gallery space floods during a freak storm, you know you’re in for some headaches, tough choices, and unexpected fundraising challenges as you deal with major water damage. Firemen and Ladder. False Alarms are Dangerous.

Lesson 70
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Museum Inside Out: Taking the Collection Out of the Closet

Museum 2.0

Inventory isn't a museum activity that inspires curiosity in many visitors. This summer, the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art ( Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde) is trying to change that. People often talk about non-collecting museums as the museums of the future. You can read more here in German.)

Museum 20
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How To: Put Technology to Use (October 2008)

NTEN

It may be easy for big groups, with photogenic interests -- like the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Habitat program or The Nature Conservancy's nature picture contest -- to use something like Flickr, but you're too small? Or the Women's Museum. That sounds about right. Balderdash! Flickr makes it easy to get started!

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

Tech Soup

Boulder Food Rescue — First-Place Winner. Braided River — Second-Place Winner. Braided River is a Seattle-based publishing organization that is committed to inspiring support for critical conservation efforts. Cary Creative Center — Third-Place Winner. We had many excellent submissions to the contest.