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Musings on the future of museums and society from Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums, an initiative of the American Association of Museums

Late last year, the American Association of Museums released a discussion paper titled Museums & Society 2034: Trends and Potential Futures. The report looked back 25 years to 1984 as it predicted what museums will look like 25 years from now.

Trends and Potential Futures of the museum. The report looked back 25 years to 1984 as it predicted what museums will look like 25 years from now. Late last year, the American Association of Museums released a discussion paper titled Museums & Society 2034:

Open Design Week Berlin

"Is Crowdsourcing killing traditional design practice was published on 1st Sept and has received a fair bit of comment. I'm particularly interested to explore the potential for designers to expand their practice and capacity through social networks! ABC Radio By Design has invited me to speak on 7th October. I'm pretty keen to get more comments on the value of this concept so please feel free to add your thoughts!"

As part of a series focusing on national identity and the future of the United Kingdom, we'd like to know what you think about the idea of being British and part of the UK. What sort of terms would you use to describe your nationality and how you fit into the UK as a whole? ("Liverpudlian, Welsh, Welsh-Irish, Black-british" - what words do you use if any?).

Museum 3.0: a network for those interested in the future of cultural institutions such as museums, galleries, science centres and other collecting bodies.

"This year's Communicating the Museum conference is being held in the elegant, creative and historic German city of Düsseldorf. Our theme this year is the Visitor Experience and the vital role it plays in building and retaining audiences. Leading international speakers and practitioners will present important and ground-breaking thoughts and ideas on: * creating the very best experience for all visitors * cutting edge visitor research from around the world * generating income from visitors * the dynamic and creative relationship between marketing and the visitor experience - the unified tone of voice and customer service * brand and the visitor experience * interpretation and learning * the future of the visitor experience - on-line and beyond"

StumbleUpon is the cabinet of curiosities of the web. StumbleUpon is the unGoogle, a curated collection of stuff you didn't even know you were looking for. I stumbled around in the arts section and saw more great stuff than in a week on Twitter.

Blog des "Collections Trust":The Collections Trust is the new UK organisation for collections. Our aim is to improve the quality of life by ensuring that cultural collections are available for use and enjoyment by everyone, now and for the future. Infos zum Euopeana-Projekt, Collection-Management ect.

With the rise of new media a paradigm shift has occurred in the time when people "consume" museums. In the old days people would pick a specific moment to visit a museum. Maybe dress up a bit, make it a day out. On an average they would pick two, maybe three moments a year to spend time with museums. Nowadays, using Twitter and Facebook, we try to make people interact with museums twenty-four seven. They don't even have to be dressed to "visit" a museum.

"Museum Utopias - Museum Utopias, an interdisciplinary postgraduate symposium at the University of Leicester Museum Utopias: Navigating the Imaginary, Ideal and Possible Museum"

The Resurrection of the Amateur Expert Of all the conversations instigated by CFM so far, the one arousing the greatest passion is about the changing role of authority.