Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

These two adages were both in my mind last week when I asked people for the worst museum trends. On social media, it's hard to get into systemic issues effectively, but maybe people did start to touch on some of the big, bad issues in our field. In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1.

Museum 45

Museum Guinea Tech Studies 45

Care2

JUNE 22, 2012

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. Over time, especially when the weather got cold, students stopped hurrying outside and more people chose to ignore the alarms altogether.

Lesson 70

Lesson Build Learning Guinea 70

Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Most museum conferences are focused on professional learning and networking. In most sessions, I didn't learn new things to apply to my own museum practice; instead, I learned new things about what that practice looks like in different countries. We talked alongside each other but rarely to and with each other.

Reflection 20

Reflection South Africa Guinea Museum 20