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I know some museums offer yoga programming - perhaps to package with tour offerings?

Free memberships, points, badges... good stuff from the DMA

New media technology provides a "Third Space" where some Muslims who are using social media to contest gender assumptions, normative aspects of religious practice, and cultural experience. In this context, YouTube offers such a space as an informal meeting place to create community and to express new identities.

Interesting! And great to know about in the context of our soon-to-launch online exhibition, Muslima: Muslim Women's Art & Voices.

Browse PublicationsA Lifetime of Curiosity: Science Centers and Older Adults A Lifetime of Curiosity A Lifetime of Curiosity: Science Centers and Older Adults Wendy Pollock, Editor ASTC, May 2009 With the first wave of baby boomers now looking to the next phase of life, the time is right for museums to expand their engagement with older adult audiences. This publication offers positive examples, inspirational stories, and resources for those who are ready to get involved

The Shift Age is about humanity's new era. As the Information Age gives way to the Shift Age, we are entering a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. Why do things happen so fast? Why do we feel unsettled, even out of control? David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that already have reshaped and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He comments from the front lines of the Shift Age on issues and topics that affect our lives. We have entered the final, global stage of humanity's cultural, social, and economic evolutionary journey: the Shift Age.

Here's a way for museums to invite the local community in...offering their unused/unscheduled spaces

big data can help businesses offer much more precisely tailored products or services through an ever-narrower segmentation of customers lots of data points in this article

High-tech sizing machines scan customers and offer a list of recommended clothing, eliminating returns and providing manufacturers with real-world data

Venture capital for helping salespeople connect with clients via social networking. "We are offering a third space, between the sales team and a client, where they can come together," he said. Can museums use this model to connect with potential donors/members?

Noise filtered through generations of listeners eventually becomes melodic, offering insights into how our tastes evolved.

Museum offers classes through Coursera.

Maybe we could have a de-stress station at the entrance of a museum...

Can museums offer "memory cafe" experiences, as well as "programs"? Third places for people with memory loss?

Los Angeles Opera aims to entice a younger crowd by offering costly founders circle seats at $30 for those 30 and younger.

Same day loans are designed to help people in their tough times by offering the small cash against their coming salary.

A job for the future:  London's School of Life offers the help of "bibliotherapists" who can help you decide what kinds of books you should be reading.  Maybe a "museuotherapist" can help visitors decide what parts of the museum they should spent their time on.