If you run a for-profit business, the bottom line is your financial profit. The goal is to make money. At the end of the day, you are meas...

illustration by Beck Tench Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experie...

There are plenty of great arguments out there for WHY to make museums free. But HOW do you do it? It's much easier for art and histo...

Yes, I was that woman on the beach with a library book about urban planning. And loved it. One of my vacation goals was to think big pic...

In the community engagement universe, there's a high premium on arts organizations becoming "embedded" in their communities....

A new company in New York, Museum Hack , is reinventing the museum tour from the outside in. They give high-energy, interactive tours of t...

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relev...

It's that time of year. Scrambling at work, socializing afterwards... which, if you are a torn extro/introvert like me, can involve a l...

The objections started in Texas. During a workshop on museum visitor participation, someone spoke up and objected: "this might work i...

What's the best way to get formal input from diverse community members? I've been curious about this question for a long time. Whi...