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Emergent Trends and the Future of [History] Museums
Philip M. Katz, AAM2012 OAH/NCPH Conference
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Center for the Future of Museums
•Prod museums to look to the future with a longer time frame.
•Find, interpret, digest and deliver trends data.
•Help museums collaborate with communities/society to address needs.
•Cultivate connections between museums and all sectors.
•Encourage risk-taking and innovation.
www.futureofmuseums.org @futureofmuseums
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Demographic realities (population)
source: Julie Ajinkya, Toward 2050 in California (Center for American Progress, March 2012).
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Demographic realities (visitors)
Courtesy of Reach Advisors.
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According to 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts ...
museum and historic site visitors are significant more likely to be white and older.
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Demographic realities (staffing)
= men
79.0% white10.1% Hispanic
Race/ethnicity unknown
68.1% white, non-Hispanic
81.8% white, non-Hispanic
U.S. (2010) = 49.2% men & 63.7% white, non-Hispanic
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Trend 1: Harnessing the Crowd
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One variant is “Citizen History”
Outside of museums
Coordinated by museums
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Trend 2: NPO No Mo’ (Threats to Nonprofit Status)
PILOTS = Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Now Includes
Taxes!
= one alternative?
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Trend 3: Takin’ it to the Streets
(Mobile, Distributed Experiences)
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Trend 3: Takin’ it to the Streets
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Trend 3: Takin’ it to the Streets
source: glbthistory.org
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The GLBT Historical Society in SF went ...
from a pop-up museum in 2008
to a permanent home in 2010
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Trend 4: Alt Funding
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NB: history museums lag in mobile technology adoption ...
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Trend 5: Creative Aging
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Trend 6: More than Real
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Trend 7: New Educational Era
From this ...
... to this?
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Trend 7: New Educational Era
Declining Confidence in America's Public Schools
Dramatic Rise in Homeschooling
source
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For more trend information from CFM:
visit www.futureofmuseums.org
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Contact information:
Philip M. Katz Assistant Director, ResearchAmerican Association of Museums [email protected]
www.aam-us.orgwww.futureofmuseums.org