The People of Museum Tech Tell Their Stories

The history of museum technology is made up of many stories—two museum pros let museum workers tell them.

Links of the Week: September 16, 2022: The Museum Multiverse

Tech isn't helping museums' problems with alternate realities.

Links of the Week: September 9, 2022: Digital and the Museum

The digital revolution only papered over workplace problems.

September Opener: What Does Digital Mean to Museums?

Museums' issues with digital and technology reflect a greater struggle for identity and meaning.

Links of the Week: August 31, 2022: The System

Considering their educational pedigrees, museum workers aren't used to thinking of their institutions as systems.

Links of the Week: August 26, 2022: More on the Long View

Taking a long view without centering humanity is no view at all.

The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe in Museum Work

Are we in the museum field filling our social airwaves with too much bad sector news?

Links of the Week: August 12, 2022: The Fairness Spin

Are efforts to make museums fairer workplaces—including with DEAI—just going in circles?

Links of the Week: August 5, 2022: Just Eff It?

The dividing line between "just eff it" and "no effing way" has shifted, and museum workers have taken note.

Links of the Week: July 29, 2022: Going Deep

When a story is ending, what needs to change—the story or the storytellers?

Links of the Week: July 22, 2022: What Vibrations?

Some leaders think the Great Resignation is caused by bad vibes. It's more than that.

Links of the Week: July 15, 2022: (Northern) Summer Grab Bag

Here are some links on mission creep, DEIA, crypto, and burnout.

Changing Museum Overwork Culture and More

Can lessons used in changing overwork behaviors be applied to larger societal issues?

Links of the Week: June 24, 2022: The Commons

Strategy and democracy are all part of the debate over the museum commons.

The Dawn of a New Org Culture?

More thoughts about The Dawn of Everything and lessons it holds for museum org culture