Community - Museum Human

Museums

The Mindset to Matter: A Review of Why Museums Matter and Videogames and the Public Museum

Are museum leaders and workers speaking languages too different for institutions to thrive?

Robert J Weisberg

Jun 4, 2024 • 11 min read

Impact

How Can Different Groups in the Museum Agree on Impact?

Museums—and their departments and workers—are increasingly concerned about impact beyond the institution. But can museums have impact externally when they may not agree on just what it means—or how to get there—internally?

Robert J Weisberg

Apr 30, 2024 • 7 min read

Interview

Innovating Innovation in the Cultural Sector: An Interview with Diana Fehr of MuseoSpace

A new organization is making the case for innovation in the museum sector, one innovator at a time.

Robert J Weisberg

Apr 9, 2024 • 16 min read

Interview

What if We Act as if We Love the Future? An Interview with Mike Murawski

How do we stay hopeful while doing the hard work of organizational change?

Robert J Weisberg

Mar 12, 2024 • 19 min read

Conferences

Can Museums Prioritize Civics, Wellbeing, and Technology All at Once?

A brief virtual conference made a game attempt to link civics, in a partisan age, staff wellbeing, and technology.

Robert J Weisberg

Nov 14, 2023 • 10 min read

Interview

People's Goals and Progress Space—A Chat with Kyle Bowen of Museums As Progress

Instead of obsessing about institutional growth, museums should think more about people's progress.

Robert J Weisberg

Oct 31, 2023 • 25 min read

scarcity

Abundance and Scarcity in Museum Work

Is abundance the opposite of scarcity, or is a mindset of fullness a form of resistance?

Robert J Weisberg

Sep 26, 2023 • 11 min read

Links of the Week

Links of the Week: March 31, 2023: Museums Keep On Keeping On?

Museums are busier figuring out their future, but do they understand their present?

Robert J Weisberg

Mar 31, 2023 • 5 min read

Interview

The Museum Doctors: Interview with Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell of Cultural Inquiry

What if museums didn't just listen to children and communities, but did what they were told?

Robert J Weisberg

Mar 28, 2023 • 18 min read

Links of the Week

Links of the Week: March 17, 2023: The Brittle

This week's links include the polycrisis, transparency, care vs fascism, and what museums should be doing about it all.

Robert J Weisberg

Mar 17, 2023 • 5 min read