What a Recent Symposium Says about Museum Democracy
Is it time for a museum-field symposium for the rest of us?
Are Museums Really Ready for Audience Research?
Museums' audience research efforts are undermined by troubling organizational trends.
Museum Human's Top Five Themes of 2020
What throughlines did Museum Human's posts traverse over the course of the year?
Museums Trust the Process but Not the People
Museum workers are told to think in systems but put people first. So which is it?
The Capitalism Conundrum for Museum Workers
Is there another way for the museum sector besides all-encompassing capitalism? Thoughts on week two of MCN 2020.
I, Jargoneer
Museum workers are done with buzzwords. So how do we move from words to real impact?
The Museum Field's Twin Obsessions with Scarcity and Growth
Museums are addicted to institutional growth but precarity for their people.
What Museums Mean by Transparency
"Transparency" joins the performative hit parade in museum organizational culture.
Normal, Disrupted
What normal are all of us in museums—leaders, workers—trying to get back to? Is there a better "no-normal" out there?
The Museum at the End of the World: "I Didn't Mean It Literally" Edition
What should museums do in the apocalypse? Stop talking about leadership, realism, and the new normal, to start.