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Chatting About Museums with ChatGPT
Two months ago, the research and development lab OpenAI released ChatGPT, an interactive “chatbot” powered by artificial intelligence. Chatbots aren’t new (I’ve been writing about …
Technology Change and Emotion
What it means to build a human-centered approach to digital leadership …
From the President: Museums and the Digital World
At AAM, our own digital journey has accelerated as much as our members. Since the start of the pandemic, we have increased our output of digital content and resources and conducted many of …
Point of View: A New Digital Dimension
The museum field must work together to answer the many questions surrounding NFTs and their implications for museu…
Ask an Expert: What Else Can We Digitize?
With the new needs imposed by the pandemic, museums have seen considerable digital growth over the past few years. Not only have they begun to deliver more content and programming online, …
A House Museum Built for the Digital Age
The museum sector went into the pandemic ill-prepared to use digital strategies to keep themselves afloat, but many museums that had begun to experiment with how digital could enhance or …
NFTs: Museums Can Build Other, Better Digital Stuff
“When I was a congressional aide, we had an expression, ‘No idea was too stupid to say out loud,’ so here it is, hear me out. Instead of buying these ships? Don’t buy …
Immersive Experiences in Museums: A Look at Art Windsor-Essex’s “Against the Current”
To say that a lot has changed for cultural institutions and museums in the past few years is an understatement. This is a time when visitors, who have spent the last two years enduring a …
Big Global Trends: An #AAM2022 Keynote by Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author, and journalist, opened the Museums in Society focus area of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo with his keynote, …
Museum as Lightning Rod: Innovation and Invitation—An #AAM2022 Keynote by Jake Barton
Jake Barton, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Local Projects, opened the Innovation focus area of the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo with his keynote, “Museum as …