Purpose - Museum Human

Sustainability

In Search of the Counterintuitive: A Review of At Work in the Ruins and Museum Magazine's Issue on Convergence

Do we need more of the unexpected and surprising in our polarized world?

Robert J Weisberg

Aug 6, 2024 • 10 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

Change Agent

Links of the Week: November 10, 2023: Not My Problem, Give Me Some

Are museum workers ready to help society confront hard choices?

Robert J Weisberg

Nov 10, 2023 • 8 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

activity level

Links of the Week: May 12, 2023: Time Costs

Museums are discussing big issues but lack the time to implement real changes.

Robert J Weisberg

May 12, 2023 • 6 min read

Links of the Week

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

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

Robert J Weisberg

Aug 26, 2022 • 8 min read

Museums

The Genius Delusion in Museum Work

Like most sectors, museums are in search of geniuses. But is that just the same old idolatry?

Robert J Weisberg

May 10, 2022 • 7 min read

Links of the Week

Links of the Week: October 29, 2021: Museum Field Scares

The museum field is full of fear, and not the fun kind.

Robert J Weisberg

Oct 29, 2021 • 2 min read

Social Justice

Is there a "Museum Left"?

What does it mean to be a radical museum worker?

Robert J Weisberg

Oct 5, 2021 • 12 min read

Links of the Week

Links of the Week: June 3, 2021: Museums, Docs, and AI

Museums are reopening, but are they ready for tough questions about purpose, membership, and AI?

Robert J Weisberg

Jun 3, 2021 • 5 min read