Is Marketing Eating the Museum Field? Museum Marketing for the Rest of Us

Long before AI started taking over museum work, marketing started dominating the cultural sector. (Plus, links of the week!)

What's Wrong (in Museums)?

What's wrong (and right) with museums is what's wrong and right about society. Is that a good or bad thing?

I Read a Book a Week in 2025 (and Yes, It Almost Killed Me)

Sure, reading books is harder nowadays … but so is the world.

Is Museum Human Moving beyond the Valley of Org Culture?

Has org culture grown too big—or too small—for the subject matter of a blog?

Links of the Week: October 17, 2025: All AI (Links) Must Go

Is AI the gift that keeps on giving or the curse that keeps on inflicting, or both?

Will AI Just Reinforce Museum Hierarchies? A "Shadow Article" on Museums and AI

AI is the latest digital transformation in museums, but despite its democratizing narrative are we treading the same old hierarchical grounds?

Links of the Week: October 8, 2025: Jobs of Ages

Talking about generations in museums workplaces—and in society—reflects darker aspects of a war-against-people economy

Links of the Week: October 3, 2025: Beware Linkslop

When trash scales up and replicates itself, we get a Sorcerer's Apprentice of slop.

Datafication, Playlistification, and Museum Everything

Museum experience—for visitors and workers alike—is more complex than data alone can explain.