10 Best Practices of Accessible Museum Websites
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Alliance Blog
This article explores ten high-impact areas you should consider to enhance your website’s accessibility and bring it into conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), …
Practicing What We Preach
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Museum Magazine
Museum studies graduate students co-curate a feminist art exhibition to test assumptions on ideal approaches to inclusion. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2020 issue …
Transforming Museum Workflows with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Industry Advertorial
The future has arrived: artificial intelligence (AI) in museums is shaping a new era for the sector. But its emergence and increasing prevalence raise a new set of questions. How much can …
MUSE Award Categories
The onsite digital experience category has been paused for 2020 to recognize the closure and restrictions placed on museums by COVID-19. Any projects wanting to submit in this category from …
Holidays with Class(es): St. Entropy Gets Schooled
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is #25 in a series that, I’m happy to say, looks like it won’t end anytime soon. Enjoy a holiday break, and I look forward blogging with and for you in the new year.‘Twas …
Chatting About Museums with ChatGPT
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
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 …
Unlawful Appropriation of Objects During the Nazi Era
This area of collections stewardship is of such sensitivity and high importance that it has separate standards and best-practice statements regarding a museum’s obligations. These …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two …
Now What?: Project Ideas for Museum Staff Working Remotely
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Alliance Blog
By now, most of us are well into our stints of working from home. But weeks or months in, you might be finding it hard to think of new tasks you can do without access to your physical site. …
Talking About Museums and Internships
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Hi, Nicole here! Throughout the course of my work on museums and labor at CFM this past year, I have had the pleasure of talking with—and learning from—colleagues across the US in various …
Search History: Enhancing museum collection access and reducing bias through public input in digital catalogues
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Museum Magazine
Including the public in digital catalogue descriptions will improve access to museum collections and help remove bias. This article originally appeared in Museum magazine’s July/August 2024 …
Museum Magazine Editorial Calendar
Each issue of Museum consists of four to five feature articles and one point of view article. These articles are typically selected from pitches submitted by individuals working in all …