http://museumblogging.com/2009/07/30/what-will-the-museum-of-the-future-look-like/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:48:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://museumblogging.com/2009/07/30/what-will-the-museum-of-the-future-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-858 What will the museum of the future look like? – Museum Blogging « SUPER MUSEUM Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:55:18 +0000 http://museumblogging.com/?p=139#comment-858 [...] What will the museum of the future look like? – Museum Blogging Filed Under: 20th Century, 21st Century, Access, Architecture, Climate, Communications, Context, Demographics, Distribution, Education, Facilities, Geography, History, Human Culture, Information, Interaction, Interpretation, Location, Logistics, Mobile, Policy, Politics, Social, Sociology, Storage — Leave a comment Feb 14, 2010 What will the museum of the future look like? – Museum Blogging. [...] [...] What will the museum of the future look like? – Museum Blogging Filed Under: 20th Century, 21st Century, Access, Architecture, Climate, Communications, Context, Demographics, Distribution, Education, Facilities, Geography, History, Human Culture, Information, Interaction, Interpretation, Location, Logistics, Mobile, Policy, Politics, Social, Sociology, Storage — Leave a comment Feb 14, 2010 What will the museum of the future look like? – Museum Blogging. [...]

]]> http://museumblogging.com/2009/07/30/what-will-the-museum-of-the-future-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-469 More “museum future” discussions « Workshop on the future of history museums Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:20:46 +0000 http://museumblogging.com/?p=139#comment-469 [...] 2034, for example), with the conversation heating up lately – a good response and roundup here, for example. Historic house museums were the topic of a previous 1772-sponsored meeting, with [...] [...] 2034, for example), with the conversation heating up lately – a good response and roundup here, for example. Historic house museums were the topic of a previous 1772-sponsored meeting, with [...]

]]> http://museumblogging.com/2009/07/30/what-will-the-museum-of-the-future-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Elizabeth Merritt Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:55:25 +0000 http://museumblogging.com/?p=139#comment-465 The fact that so many of these thoughts about the museums from the future is probably an artifact of the demographics of our field. About 80% of museum workers are Caucasian and female! But that leads to another very interesting question--why? Is the museum field relatively low-paying because it is mostly made up of women (and we STILL get paid less, on average, than men) or is it mostly female because of the low pay? And another question I would love to see discussed--are we happy with this gender inequity? Most people seem to feel that the field should be more ethnically and culturally diverse, to better represent our potential audiences. Are there subtle consequences of men being under represented in the ranks of museum professionals? The fact that so many of these thoughts about the museums from the future is probably an artifact of the demographics of our field. About 80% of museum workers are Caucasian and female! But that leads to another very interesting question–why? Is the museum field relatively low-paying because it is mostly made up of women (and we STILL get paid less, on average, than men) or is it mostly female because of the low pay? And another question I would love to see discussed–are we happy with this gender inequity? Most people seem to feel that the field should be more ethnically and culturally diverse, to better represent our potential audiences. Are there subtle consequences of men being under represented in the ranks of museum professionals?

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