Recent Posts by Elizabeth Merritt
EO Impacts and the Next Era of Museum Funding Part 2: Earned Income
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is the second installment in a series of essays exploring the impact of executive orders and actions on museum income streams. It summarizes what we know about the immediate, …
EO Impacts and the Next Era of Museum Funding: Part One
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Earlier this month I gave a talk at the AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo on the impact presidential executive orders are having on our sector, and the implications for museum business …
Sharing Snippets from AAM 2025
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
It was lovely to see over 4,000 of you in Los Angeles last week! I hope those of you who did attend share what you learned through conversation, social media, blog posts, presentations to …
Join Us, LIVE FROM LA!
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
The recent wave of grant cancellations and other funding disruptions mean that some museum people have had to cancel their plans to attend the AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo this week. …
Cultivating Optimism: Signals of Hope
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I’ve been on a deep dive into the world of optimism lately, looking for inspiration I might share to bolster our collective mental resilience in the face of massive disruptions. As I …
Revisiting Wild Times: The Loss of Nonprofit Status
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
In 2018 I published a scenario titled “Wild Times” set in a version of 2040 in which museums lost their nonprofit status due to a combination of political attacks, economic stress, and a …