Care in Action: Using Data as an Advocacy Tool

The 2023 Museums Moving Forward (MMF) Report on Workplace Equity and Organizational Culture in U.S. Art Museums found that it takes an average of twelve years to receive a promotion in an art museum. This interactive session, led by three museum professionals with diverse career paths, builds on the findings from MMF’s 2023 Report and share new models of collaboration and care from across the sector — including a Career Advancement Care Manual, which is currently in development at MMF.

Innovation by Necessity: Problem Solvers and Museum Futures

Cultural institutions in 2025 face many uncertainties regarding funding, support, censorship, and career stability. Additionally, there are multiple, often overlapping challenges we have sadly become familiar with–economic, social, organizational, ethical, and climate-related. It seems like the list keeps getting longer…

Re-Imagining Museums from the Screen: The Challenges and Opportunities of Pandemic Learning

Examining the unique challenges and opportunities museums face, we taught the undergraduate seminar, “Museum Practice Today,” fully remotely in spring 2021. As we invited students to reimagine our cultural organizations to function better and serve more widely, we also re-design the content and communications to be delivered only through online platforms.