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Is a Farmers Market Right for You?

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s guest post is by “Chef” Betty Brewer, president & CEO, of Minnetrista, in Muncie, Ind. Lessons from Minnestrista’s hugely successful farmers market can help you assess whether a …

Do You Like Podcasts about Museums? Want to Start Your Own?

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
One of the BEST PARTS of the virtual Future of Museums Summit is going to be the breakout sessions at the end of each day. Many of the moderators and speakers have volunteered to join …

Building a Healthier Community from the Inside Out

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
As I recently reviewed the wonderful stories we’ve compiled about museums, food and community, I noticed that most of our attention has focused on museums helping their audiences become …

Don’t Just Stir It, Shake It!

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s guest post is by Richard V. Piacentini, executive director of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Richard previews one of the themes we will explore next month at …

More on Reinventing the Historic House (while Saving the World)

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Over a thousand readers perused the post on director Laurie Ossman’s strategies to improve Woodlawn’s future through partnering with restaurateur Michael Babin to create the Arcadia Center …

Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Ella Mitchell, an intern in AAM’s Government Relations and Advocacy department, reports on an innovative collaboration between the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Rudd Center for …

Playing with Food: A Recipe for Success from the Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In 2011, CFM launched Feeding the Spirit, an exploration of the relationships between museums, food & community. That project lives on in a number of ways—most notably, it played a role …

From the President and CEO: Building a Bigger Tent

Category: Museum Magazine
This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s November/December 2024 issue, a benefit of AAM membership.  If there’s one thing I believe, after my years of working in this field, …

Recommended Social Media Sources on Social Justice

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Today’s post is by Dr. Nicole Ivy, ACLS Public Fellow & CFM Museum Futurist-in-Training. In this earlier post Nicole outlined the issues she will be tackling in her 2 year stint …

Save Museums, Save the World?

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I’m cynic when it comes to slogans and tag lines. I basically agree with Ivan Levinson, who wrote that at best tag lines are “like a Japanese haiku – a highly concentrated form of …

Refresh Your Reading: Summer 2017

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I know that in reality summer is just as busy as any other season, but somehow it feels to me as if I have a little extra time to breath, step back from my daily news feed and expand my …

2014 TrendsWatch Contenders

Category: Center for the Future of Museums Blog
With TrendsWatch 2013 hot off the digital presses, Phil and I are already scanning for early signals of the trends we will feature next year. When it comes to scanning, more eyes = better …

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