The Cost of Internships
Last month an email popped up in my inbox via an industry mailing list: ‘I am recruiting an intern to lead on building and populating…
Five Reasons that Museums are Radical Spaces
Museums often hold diverse collections. Think of the Royal Ontario Museum whose holdings include dinosaurs, building columns, and moccasins in one collection. Accusations of privilege…
Ten tips to make your next conference the best yet
We have welcomed thousands of people to MuseumNext from all over the world since 2009. During that time we have learnt that those who have…
10 Startups Disrupting Museums
While plenty of innovation happens in museums and galleries, there is also an incredible ecosystem of innovative startups working alongside the cultural sector. These startups…
Seven Productivity Hacks for Museum Professionals
Working in a museum has never been so demanding, and increasingly what every museum job has in common is that there don’t seem to be…
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Becoming an advocate for artists of color
In this talk, Kimberly Drew, who currently serves as The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Social Media Manager discusses her blog Black Contemporary Art, her work…
How Can a European Museum Attract Chinese Tourists?
With over 2,000,000 Chinese tourists who visited France in 2015, China is France’s second tourist market after the United States, but how can a European Museum…
How Can a Museum Use Kickstarter to Crowdfund?
In 2016 the Science Museum London crowdfunded £51,000 to recreate Eric, the UK’s first robot. How can a museum use Kickstarter to fund the things…